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Open air exhibition

At one of the sites of the Revolution, the bilingual permanent exhibition recalls the most important stations of the revolution in the GDR - from the beginnings of protest to the fall of the Wall to the completion of German unity.

Veranstaltungen in Berlin: Revolution und Mauerfall
© Visualisierung: Kulturprojekte/Daniel Büche

The focus of the show is on people who took their courage to change their lives, to bring down a communist dictatorship, to foster freedom and democracy, thus changing the face of Europe forever.

At the GDR Secret Police headquarters in Berlin-Lichtenberg, up to 7,000 full-time Stasi employees worked, Stasi Minister Erich Mielke from 1962 to 1989 worked in "Haus 1", today's Stasi Museum.
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