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Two Berliners decided to found a very strange bar which is called Stasi bar. The owners of this bar – Willi Gau and Wolfgang Schmelz did not know what they can cause. The Stasi (from German Staatssicherheit) was the Ministry for State Security. For many people this topic is still too sensitive and they do not like to drink a beer in this bar. We can take a look into the history. The Ministry for State Security – Stasi – was established in February 1950. Stasi was the official security police of East Germany. Stasi employed more than 91 000 people and one officer had to follow about 180 people. He should know everything what the people think, what they do, what they speak. Almost every person informed against – friends, colleagues, husbands, wives. Stasi did not have the employees only in East Germany, there were also some employees from West Germany. Stasi ended after the fall of Berlin Wall in November 1989 when the people who were under the control of Stasi destroyed the headquarters. Now two Berliners built there their Stasi bar. But the victims of communism are indignant. The owners think that people should change their view on the history. But people whose friends and family died in this regime can not joke about it. Gau and Schmelz serve in their bar beer and typical East German food. If you are a regular visitor you can become Stasi informer and for this position you will get 10% discount. Is it not cruel? I think that nobody should joke about the history that was more than serious and very painful for German people.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/od_nm/stasi_pub_odd_dc;_ylt=ApYMhJNPOhoFIYLF7hHZDDOs0NUE

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