Guided tour at Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial (GDR State Security Prison)
The 90-minute guided tour provides visitors with comprehensive information on political imprisonment and persecution during the Soviet occupation and the GDR era. 44 years of political persecution: at the Hohenschönhausen Memorial, you can trace Berlin’s dark history.
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Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Opposition activists, escape helpers, political prisoners – they all know the former Stasi prison from their own harrowing experiences. As eyewitnesses, they guide visitors around the site, which was a place of political persecution for 44 years.
Large parts of the buildings have been preserved and give you an authentic impression of the conditions of detention between 1946 and 1990.
In the former prison hospital of the State Security Service, which is also located on the memorial site, prisoners from all 17 MfS remand centres were held: refugees who had been shot, seriously ill prisoners, detainees who had gone on hunger strike, those who had attempted suicide, or those suffering from prison-induced psychosis. The staff consisted of Stasi employees who worked closely with the interrogation department. The building, which is also a listed building, contains numerous historically significant rooms such as sick bays, an X-ray unit, an operating theatre, treatment rooms and the director’s office, most of which are furnished in their original state.
Guided tours for individual visitors
Are you a group of up to six people wishing to visit the former Stasi prison? Public tours are offered several times a day at fixed times. Special tours and inclusive tours also take place regularly.
Booking is required for groups of seven or more people. Due to high demand, please book as early as possible.
