Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial

Since 1994, the Hohenschönhausen Memorial is located on the site of the former centra prison of the former GDR Ministry for State Security (Stasi). The memorial explores the history of the Hohenschönhausen detention center in the years 1945 to 1989 and regularly features exhibitions, events and publications.

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View into a cell wing of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial on the grounds of the former remand prison of the Ministry of State Security.
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The entrance to the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial on the grounds of the former remand prison of the Ministry of State Security.
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View into a cell wing of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial on the grounds of the former remand prison of the Ministry of State Security on Genslerstraße.
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A cameraman films through the open hatch of a cell door at the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial on the grounds of the former remand prison of the Ministry of State Security.
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The former Stasi prison in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen.
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View through a hatch into a detention room of the former prison hospital of the GDR's State Security.
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The permanent exhibition at the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
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A corridor of the former prison hospital of the GDR's State Security, photographed on May 13, 2011.
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Washing stations of an operating room in the prison hospital of the GDR's State Security Service, photographed on May 13, 2011.
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Cable and telephone sockets in the former interrogation rooms of the former Stasi prison in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen