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The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial (German: Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen) is a museum and memorial located in Berlin's north-eastern Lichtenberg district in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen, part of the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.
A visit to Hohenschönhausen Memorial, the former Stasi prison, is a chilling reminder of the fate of the thousands who fell victim to political persecution in the former East Germany. The former Stasi prison known since 1994 as the Hohenschönhausen Memorial, and run as an independent public foundation since 2000.
The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial (Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen) is found at a site that is associated like no other with the 44-year history of political persecution in the Soviet occupied zone and the GDR.
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Today the Berlin Hohenschönhausen Memorial remembers their story. Contemporary witnesses guide you over the site that houses 44 years of political persecution. Large parts of the building have been preserved and give you an authentic impression of the prison conditions between 1946 and 1990.
Special camp, Soviet remand centre, Stasi prison, memorial and exhibition site. The place – yesterday and today
The Memorial makes it possible to experience something of what political persecution in a communist dictatorship was like. Here at an authentic site, visitors can learn about prison conditions and the punishments meted out to political prisoners in the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR.
Take a guided tour of the former GDR State Security prison or visit our exhibitions. A tour of the former prison is only possible as part of a guided tour. The guided tours are led by former political prisoners and historians. The memorial is open daily from 9am to 6pm.
