Maja Wiens, a leading figure of the left-wing activist group Omas gegen Rechts-Berlin is facing scrutiny over her past as a Stasi informant during the East German communist regime.
Omas gegen Rechts (Grannies against the Right) has been one of a number of far-left organisations involved in organising loud protests against right-wing parties, in particular the AfD.
The group has received tens of thousands of euros of taxpayers’ money by the government.
As conservative German outlet Tichys Einblick recently reported, one of the group’s leaders, Maja Wiens, operated under the code name ‘IM Marion’ and served the East German secret police from 1978 to at least 1983.
According to historical records, she supplied detailed reports on friends and contacts in West Germany’s Green Party and peace movement.
To sum it all up: a former Stasi informant is now at the forefront of a movement that claims moral authority for itself—and is even being rewarded for it.
