Stefan Wolle

Stefan Wolle (born 22 October 1950) is a German historian. A focus of his socio-historical research is on the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) which is where, before reunification, he lived and worked.

Life Stefan Wolle was born in Halle. His father was a committed supporter of East Germany's recently constructed ruling party. He still had not become a member of the Socialist Unity Party ("Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands" / SED), and never would: He came to wider prominence in the context of the Peaceful Revolution which was followed by German reunification, formally in October 1990. with ensuring the preservation of files at the Stasi national centre in Normannenstraße as the Stasi operation itself was dissolved. During a period of rapid change, the occupation in January 1990 by concerned citizens (taking their cue from similar actions in Erfurt, Leipzig and Rostock) of the building housing the archives, thwarted a more extensive destruction of the evidence. In March 1990 Wolle and Mitter, using their access to the files, published a first edition of Stasi reports and instructions. 200,000 copies were printed within a few days (Schäuble's intervention appeared to have arisen because the disclosure about de Maizière directly contradicted public assurances previously given by Schäuble with respect to the matter.

In July 2024 it was confirmed that Wolle would serve as Executive Producer on upcoming Cold War thriller Whispers of Freedom. The British-German co-production, which is based on the true story of Chris Gueffroy, is supported by the DDR Museum.