Former Stasi officer given 10 years in prison for murder of Polish man in 1974

Former Stasi officer given 10 years in prison for murder of Polish man in 1974

Berlin. An 80-year-old former agent of East Germany’s communist secret police, the Stasi, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in Berlin 50 years ago. The Berlin state court said in its ruling that there was no doubt that the then first lieutenant … Read more