Holm Singer

Holm Singer (born 1961) is a former East German Stasi informant who betrayed local church officials. He worked from 1980 till 1989 for the East German secret police under the pseudonym IM "Schubert". (IM stands for "inoffizieller Mitarbeiter", civilian informant.)

In March 2008 Singer has won an interim injunction to prevent an exhibition in Reichenbach 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 court battle continues and the case is unresolved as of yet.

His case is widely discussed in German media.

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

    • Chris Humbs, Peter Grimm: "Geschützte Stasi-Spitzel – Enttarnung verboten" (ARD-Kontraste, March 20, 2008)
    • E.German Stasi informant wins battle to conceal past (Reuters, March 25, 2008)
    • Fear of the Stasi Lives On in Eastern Germany (Spiegel online, April 7, 2008)
    • "Dreist – Stasi-Täter verhindern Aufklärung" (Zapp, April 9, 2008)
    • "Weiter Debatte um Namensnennung von Stasi-IM" (MDR television, September 6, 2008)
    • Reiner Burger: "Vorbei, vergangen, vergessen?" (faz.net, December 21, 2008)

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