Holm Singer (born 23 July 1961 in
Reichenbach Reichenbach may refer to:
Places Austria
* Reichenbach (Litschau), a part of Litschau
* Reichenbach (Rappottenstein), a part of Rappottenstein
Germany
* Reichenbach (Oberlausitz), in Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis district, Saxony
* Rei ...
,
East Germany
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) is a former East German
Stasi
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The Stasi's function was similar to the KGB, serving as a means of maint ...
informant who betrayed local church officials. He worked from 1980 till 1989 for the
East German
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
secret police under the pseudonym IM "Schubert". (IM stands for "inoffizieller Mitarbeiter", civilian informant.)
In March 2008 Singer has won an interim
injunction
An injunction is a legal and equitable remedy in the form of a special court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts. ("The court of appeals ... has exclusive jurisdiction to enjoin, set aside, suspend (in whole or in pa ...
to prevent an exhibition in
Reichenbach Reichenbach may refer to:
Places Austria
* Reichenbach (Litschau), a part of Litschau
* Reichenbach (Rappottenstein), a part of Rappottenstein
Germany
* Reichenbach (Oberlausitz), in Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis district, Saxony
* Rei ...
from including his name and clandestine activities. On April, 22 he "lost a legal bid to keep his identity from being made public" and the injunction was cancelled. The judicial process nevertheless continued and Singer′s case was widely discussed in German media.
In March 2010 the court finally decided that the exhibition maker can make the real name of "IM Schubert" public. "The activity of the IM, who had repeatedly admitted his past deeds", said the acting judge, was "of historical interest".
[Tino Moritz]
“Ex-Pfarrer darf Klarnamen von Stasi-IM nennen”
(''Leipziger Volkszeitung online'', 24. März 2010)
References
Further reading
* Berhard Honnigfort: "Damals Spitzel, heute Opfer?", ''Frankfurter Rundschau'', March 26, 2008.
* Reiner Burger: "Nichts als die Wahrheit", ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', July 5, 2008.
External links
“E.German Stasi informant wins battle to conceal past”(''Reuters'', March 25, 2008)
(''Spiegel online'', April 7, 2008)
“Anwalt des früheren ‘IM Schubert’ kündigt Klage an”(''Tagesspiegel'', April 9, 2008)
“Stasi-spion: toch geen recht op privacy”(''Algemeen Dagblad'', April 22, 2008)
“Stasi informant loses court privacy battle”(''The Local'', April 22, 2008)
* Reiner Burger
(''faz.net'', December 21, 2008)
* Hans-Jürgen Grasemann
(BWV-Bayern)
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1961 births
Living people
People from Vogtlandkreis
People of the Stasi
People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt