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Commemorative art "Reflection through the ages"

Stasi Museum / Campus for Democracy

Photo: District Authority of Lichtenberg

Tour stop 5

Stasi Museum / Campus for Democracy

The Stasi Museum is located in House 1 on the former site of the headquarters of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR.

"On January 15, 1990, demonstrators took possession of the Stasi headquarters.

A week later, the Central Round Table, a committee of representatives of the SED dictatorship and civil rights groups, decided that a "Memorial and Research Center on GDR Stalinism" should be set up in House 1. As this declaration of intent did not materialize, members of the Berlin Citizens' Committee and other civil rights activists took the initiative and began to secure the historic site. In August, they founded the Antistalinist Action (ASTAK) e.V., which opened the "Normannenstraße Research and Memorial Site" on November 7, 1990 with the exhibition "Against the Sleep of Reason". Since then, House 1 has been open to the public as a museum, which was later renamed the Stasi Museum." (...) "Since January 2015, House 1 has been home to the permanent exhibition "State Security in the SED Dictatorship", which the association developed together with the Stasi Records Office."

Source (translated): https://www.stasimuseum.de

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