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Genslerstraße 66, Hohenschönhausen, Berlin, Germany
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2024
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Museum housed in a former Stasi prison where political opponents of the Communist regime were interned.

If this museum is far away, it is well worth a visit if you want to plunge into the world of the famous film The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. A visit to the secret Stasi prison will take you into the former headquarters of the political police, "the shield and sword of the Party". This prison did not appear on any map of the city. The secret services of the SED (the Communist Party in power in the GDR) used to lock up opponents there. In the 1980s, an estimated 91,000 Stasi employees kept watch over the population, assisted by 189,000 unofficial "collaborators". The prison was in operation for 44 years, from the end of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Political opponents of the communist regime were held here under abominable psychological conditions. During the visit, you will be told how the interrogations took place, what the means of pressure on the prisoners were, and the methods are icy ... The visit is, moreover, sometimes commented on by former prisoners, which makes it even more poignant. At the end of the visit, don't miss the permanent exhibition which offers a chronology of living conditions under the East German regime with a plethora of historical documents and portraits of historical Party cadres. Thematic exhibitions are also offered on an ad hoc basis. A place that cannot leave you indifferent.


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Florent73
Visited in june 2019
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Eloigné mais la visite est très interessante pour les passionnés d'histoire
kallimadz
Visited in november 2018
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Fermeture impromptue
Nous avons voulu y aller lors de notre passage à Berlin en novembre 2018 mais le musée était fermé sans raison apparente.
Dommage, ca avait l'air de valoir le détour!
Une autre fois peut-être!
aubarine
Visited in october 2016
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Visite très prenante car guidée par d'anciens prisonniers politiques. Ils nous expliquent leur conditions de vie durant leur détention, les interrogatoires... Visite des de l'U-Boat : cellules en sous-sol puis de différentes cellules, salles d'interrogatoire... Attention, les visites ne se font qu'en allemand ou en anglais.
omiklos
Visited in july 2016
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Une visite essentielle pour ceux qui s’intéressent à l'histoire de la RDA. L'ancienne prison fait partie d'un ancien quartier sécurisé qui était totalement inaccessible aux citoyens lambda. La visite guidée de la prison proprement dite doit absolument être complétée par la visite de la très riche exposition permanente pour laquelle un audioguide (en français) est disponible gratuitement.

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