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Is it true: East German state-doping program 'State Plan 14.25' (1968-1989)?

Confirmed5% confidence

Yes — this is confirmed.

State Plan 14.25 is documented through surviving SMD medical records, Stasi files recovered by Franke and Berendonk, court convictions of Höppner and Kipke, and testimony from hundreds of affected athletes including Heidi Krieger. Germany's 2002 and 2016 compensation legislation formally acknowledged state responsibility. This is one of the most thoroughly evidenced cases of state-orchestrated athletic doping in history.

The claim

The East German Sports Medical Service (SMD) systematically doped approximately 10,000 athletes — including roughly 1,500 minors — with anabolic steroids, principally Oral-Turinabol and Mestanolone, u

Key evidence

Surviving SMD medical records confirm systematic administration

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