Secret after 5 - an evening tour of the exhibition “Access to Secrecy” (Stasi Records Archive)

Secret after 5 – Discover the hidden world of surveillance in your after hours: a short guided tour across the site and trough the archive, followed by a walk through the exhibition *Access to Secrecy*. Compact, informative and offering a rare glimpse behind normally closed doors.

For 40 years, the Stasi secured the rule of the ruling party, the SED. In its "fight against the enemy," the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) expanded ever further, in Lichtenberg and throughout the GDR. In 1990, courageous citizens not only secured the secret police's documents from destruction, they also made Mielke's headquarters a public space again. Today, the Stasi Records Archive in the Federal Archives is located here, providing information about the Stasi's activities and its records.

"A monument to surveillance": The Stasi Records Archive contains 111 kilometers of files, many of which contain personal data about individuals – collected by the State Security Service. The exhibition "Insight into the Secret" makes the significance of this archive tangible.

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Next date:

• Date Wednesday, 06/May/2026 17:00 bis 18:00
• Venue Stasimuseum - Forschungs- und Gedenkstätte Normannenstraße
• Address Ruschestraße 103, 10365 Berlin-Lichtenberg