Open-air exhibition in the courtyard of the Museum - Exhibition - Archive headquarters The former offices of the Stasi minister now house the .

Ruschestraße 103 Opening Hours The permanent exhibition »State Securi- 10365 - Around the clock every day ty in the SED Dictatorship« illustrates the Free of charge structure, methods and effects of the Phone (030) 447 108 0 Barrier-free access [email protected] GDR’s secret police. It includes the former Opening Hours Infopoint offices of the Stasi head Mielke, preserved Public transport 10 am to 6 pm every day largely in their original condition.

U 5 Magdalenenstraße Walter / Rolf Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft (11 minutes from More information Occupying the Stasi headquarters, 15 January 1990 89_1104_POL-Demo_27 Klaus Mehner, Aufarbeitung, [M] Bundesstiftung ) www.revolution89.de The premises also still house the Stasi archive. The Federal Commissioner for the The Stasi Headquarters Stasi Records offers guided tours of the

Towards archive and the Stasi complex. Dates can Schönhauser Allee Normannenstraß The Stasi headquarters is where the Minis- e be found on the website www.bstu.bund.de. .

tr e . try of State Security was based until 1990, s S AND UBAHN ff traß ST ASI MUSEUM becoming a key site for the revolution after S the fall of the . Möllendor Rusches OPEN AIR EXHIBITION Frankfur Towards ter Allee Magdalenenstr Alexanderplatz On 15 January 1990, thousands of demon- U5 Around the clock UBAHN MAGDALENENSTRASSE Towards Every day . Ruschestraße exit Hönow strators stormed the previously hermeti- tr Free of charge els cally sealed premises, heralding the end rt Towards Ostkreuz Gü of the feared secret police. Only a few months later, in September 1990, civil rights activists occupied the Stasi archive once again. Their protest led to the secret police A Robert Havemann Society exhibition, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and files being opened. the Media upon a Decision by the German Bundestag, by the Berlin Lottery Foundation and by the Borough Open Air of Berlin-Lichtenberg. Sello / Tom Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft Exhibition Stasi-Zentrale Stasi-Museum Funded by: in Berlin Lichtenberg

Supported by: Permanent Exhibition of thesuccessful fight for freedom. nent exhibition recalls themoving moments and inGerman English,theperma German unity.Across 1,300square metres protests viathefall of the Berlin Wall to Revolution intheGDR–from theearliest most important stages of thePeaceful of theStasi headquarters documentsthe The open-airexhibitioninthecourtyard The Exhibition -

munist dictatorship. openly, andeventually toppledthecom to criticize the SEDregime more andmore East Germanswhoovercame theirfear and aimsbehindit.Thefocus isonthose tion andshowsthechangingmotives traces thecomplex process of self-libera those involved intheevents. Theexhibition The story istoldfrom theperspective of

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- is free of charge. the clockseven daysaweek andentry The open-airexhibition isopenaround traces of history atanauthenticsite. with witnessestotherevolution. Feel the footage, TVrecordings andinterviews events. Ninemediastations showoriginal ical documentsillustrate thedramatic Over 650 fascinating photosandhistor

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Visualisierung: Kulturprojekte /Daniel Büche Guided Tours andInformation day. from 10amto 5pmevery in theStasi headquarters, for hire from theInfopoint Audio guidesare available Audio Guide [email protected] email. via anonlineform orby Group tours canbebooked revolution89.de/en/ please seethewebsite For thecurrent programme, Guided Tours

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