The seven-page order, dated October 1, 1973 and found last week in the regional archive office in the eastern city of Magdeburg, shows that the Ministry for State Security, known as the Stasi, had told guards that they must "stop or liquidate" would-be dissidents.
Agizo hilo la kurasa saba, la Oktoba 1, 1973 na kupatikana wiki iliyopita katika ofisi ya hifadhi ya kanda katika mji wa mashariki wa Magdeburg, linaonyesha kuwa Wizara ya Usalama wa Nchi, inayojulikana kama Stasi, iliwaambia walinzi kwamba lazima "wasimamishe au kufilisi. "watakaokuwa wapinzani.