Merkel, like her father, was a member of the East German Communist Party and a Stasi agent.
Merkel was born in Hamburg West Berlin. Her father was born a Catholic but became a Lutheran minister. He was the only German known to move from West Germany to East Germany in the 1950’s. From the late 1950’s through the 1980’s Merkel’s family was allowed to travel freely between East to West Germany. They also were allowed to possess two automobiles. This would not have happened if Merkel’s father had not had a special relationship with the communist regime, since such freedom and privileges for a Christian pastor and his family would have been otherwise impossible in East Germany.
Her fathers role was to keep track of Lutherans in East Germany and report their actions to his bosses at Stasi.
Angela Merkel was a member of the local Free German Youth(FDJ) the youth organization of the Communist Party. She was given special tutoring in Russian from Party members and won several Lenin prizes. Later, at the Academy of Sciences, she became a member of the FDJ district board and secretary for “Agitprop” (Agitation and Propaganda).
Merkel’s privilege of attending the university and going on for her doctorate would not have been possible for someone who was not a favored member of the Communist Party.
Her favorite professor and close companion at the University was Stasi agent and recruiter Hans-Jorg Osten. Though he was married, the Stasi agent and Merkel were inseparable and worked closely together.
The article you linked to has only one source, Merkel herself. It was impossible to attend the University in East Germany without being recruited by Stasi and Germans knew that. Therefore Merkel had to make up a story.
After the fall of the Berlin wall, Merkel rose very quickly in East German politics and after the unification of Germany Merkel became a high ranking public official.
It is likely that her Stasi background and Communist Party connections helped but there is no proof.
I gave one source; you give no sources.
I don't convict without sources and without proof.
It seems "likely" to me that Merkel's political foes would have exploited information about her supposed "Stasi" background if, in fact, she were provably implicated. I have seen no proof, only accusation. If there were proof, her political foes would by now have destroyed her career with it.
Thanks for the info. The proof although often only circumstantial is there for all to see. If people demand sources from what are often only mainstream outlets or compromised government agencies then they they should just choose to believe what they like because there won’t be any direct hard evidence out there.
By Andreas Rinke
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday Islam “belongs to Germany”, in a clear repudiation of anti-immigration protesters gathering in Dresden and other cities.
A day after walking arm-in-arm with French President Francois Hollande at the front of a massive march in Paris to honor the victims of killings by Islamic militants, Merkel received the Turkish prime minister and urged dialogue among religions.
The conservative chancellor pointed to comments made by former German president Christian Wulff, who said in 2010 that Islam was part of Germany, triggering a fierce debate.
“Former president Wulff said Islam belongs to Germany. That is true. I also hold this opinion,” Merkel said at a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who also took part with other world leaders in the Paris march on Sunday.
She was speaking hours before marches by a movement dubbed PEGIDA, or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West, were due to begin in several German cities.
Such demonstrations, launched in Dresden, have been dwarfed by counter-protests. Merkel has said PEGIDA’s rallies are organized by people with “hatred in their hearts”.
Merkel said her government was doing everything it could to ensure migrants were being successfully integrated into German society regardless of their religion.
Nearly two in three of the four million Muslims in Germany are of Turkish origin. Roughly half are German citizens.
But Merkel acknowledged the need for better dialogue between religions, praising Muslims for publicly rejecting the use of violence after the Paris killings and calling Turkey an ally in the fight against terrorism.
http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-says-islam-belongs-germany-ahead-dresden-rally-171632978.html