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This sprawling former remand prison run by the Stasi was used to incarcerate political prisoners - anyone from the leaders of the 1953 workers' uprising to critical students. You can visit only as part of a guided tour by ex-prisoners; these take 90 minutes. The experience is gut-wrenchingly bleak, but a potent insight into how the Stasi really operated.

Tags: Historic site/building, History, Beyond the Centre, East
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Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen details

Address
Gensler Strasse 66,
Lichtenberg

Area East

Transport M5 Freienwalder Strasse or M6 Gensler Strasse

Telephone 030 9860 8230

Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen website

Open Guided tours (German) 11am, 1pm Mon-Fri; every hr 10am-4pm Sat, Sun. Guided tours (English) 2pm Sat or by request; group tours book in advance

Admission €4; free-€2 reductions. Free to all Mon

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