Exhibition and site tour
for 40 years, the Stasi secured the rule of the state party SED. In its "fight against the enemy," the Ministry for State Security expanded ever further - in Lichtenberg and throughout the GDR. In 1990, courageous citizens not only saved the secret police's documents from destruction here, they also made Mielke's headquarters a public space again. Today, the Stasi Archives are located here and provide information about the work of the Stasi and its documents.
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Stasizentrale Forschungs- und Gedenkstätte Normannenstraße
"A monument to surveillance": The Stasi documents archive stores 111 kilometers of files, many of which contain personal data about people - collected by the state. The exhibition "Insight into the Secret" makes the importance of this archive comprehensible.
After the tour, you will have the opportunity to visit the sample file collection. It consists of reproductions of original Stasi documents. In addition to factual files and personnel records of Stasi officers, you will also find files of those affected. These have consented to the publication of their documents and make an "insight into the secret" possible.
Registration via einblick-ins-geheime@bundesarchiv.de or Tel. 030 2324 6770Translated with DeepL
