Memorials
Memorial Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
The memorial has the statutory task of researching the history of the Hohenschönhausen prison in the years 1945 to 1989, providing information through exhibitions, events and publications, and encouraging
Contemporary History
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Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial is located in Freienwalder Straße at a place of political persecution under the East German regime.
Thousands of politically persecuted persons were imprisoned in the former detention centre of the Ministry for State Security (MfS), which was in operation until 1989. Large portions of the building and facilities have been preserved intact, thus providing an authentic impression of the conditions in the prison. You are usually guided through the prison by former inmates. Exhibitions, presentation and discussion events, seminars and project days round off the offerings of the memorial. Alongside the central detention centre and work camp “X”, a series of other MfS institutions were headquartered here. After the complex on Normannenstraße, this restricted area in Hohenschönhausen was the largest MfS location in Berlin. Since 2008, 13 information steles and a marking on the ground denote both the urban dimension and important buildings and locations in the former restricted zone of Hohenschönhausen. Photos, plans and text explain the history and function of the buildings in their development between 1945 and 1990.
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