Stasi prison – Hohenschönhausen memorial

Max. 25 participants – German language

Tour and guided tour of the interior of the remand prison in the former GDR. From April 1951 to January 1990, the Ministry for State Security (MfS) used the prison in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen as a central detention center to imprison thousands of politically persecuted people. Among them were many well-known GDR opposition members. Initially exposed to physical violence and later to psychological torture, the prisoners here were strictly cut off from the outside world and social contacts.

Today, former political prisoners and historians lead a tour of the “Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial” to commemorate the injustice committed at this place. The tours show the history of the site, which was used as a Soviet special camp after the end of the Second World War and which, from 1946 onwards, hid the central Soviet remand prison for East Germany in the basement, in the “U-Boat”. The speakers convey the 44-year history of political persecution and describe the personal extent of the Stasi's arbitrariness in prison stories.

Notice: Larger bags and luggage must be locked on site.

Start WOLT Headquarters, Stralauer Allee 6, 10245 Berlin at 1:00 p.m. (tour from 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.), outward journey with the bus shuttle, back with BVG (bus and S-Bahn or tram)
Meeting point on site: 1:50 p.m. Gensler Str. 66, 13055 Berlin

Return journey with BVG: 5-7 minutes walk (396 meters) to
Bus Station Liebenwalder Str. direction Central Cemetery

15:52 (15: 42 departure from memorial)
16:11 (16:01 departure from memorial)
16:33 (16:23 departure from memorial)

Get off the bus at S Lichtenberg station and change to S-Bahn 75 towards S+U Warschauer Str.