On the grounds of the former central detention facility of the Ministry of State Security has been a memorial site since 1994. The Hohenschönhausen Memorial Berlin.

It has the statutory task of researching the history of the Hohenschönhausen prison from 1945 to 1989, providing information through exhibitions, events and publications, and encouraging discussion of the forms and consequences of political persecution and oppression in the communist dictatorship.
The example of this prison will also be used to provide information about the system of political justice. Since large parts of the buildings and furnishings have remained almost intact, the memorial provides a very authentic picture of the prison regime in the GDR.

Hohenschönhausen Memorial

Location & Sights nearby

The memorial is located in the Hohenschönhausen district of the same name in eastern Berlin. Within 20 minutes you reach the lively Alexanderplatz with its 368 meter high television tower or the visit makes you even more curious for a visit to the Stasi Museum, which can be reached within 30 minutes by bus. 

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Brief history of the Hohenschönhausen Memorial

In June 1945, after the end of the Second World War, the Soviet secret police took over the Hohenschönhausen von Lichtenberg area and transformed it into a prisoner and transit camp known as Special Camp No. 3. In October 1946 the camp was closed and the prisoners moved to other camps. The prison was reopened in 1951 by the Ministry of State Security (MfS), also known as the Stasi. At the end of the 1950s, the Stasi built a new prison building (with prisoner labour). The new building contained 200 prison cells and interrogation rooms.  The prison was used until 1989 until Die Wende and officially closed on 3 October 1990.

Address, opening hours...

Address: Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Genslerstraße 66, D-13055 Berlin
Opening times: English tours daily at 10:40 am, 12:40 pm and at 14:40 pm.
Admission: Regular admission 6,00 Euro Reduced admission 3,00 Euro (university students, handicapped persons) School students 1,00 Euro
Public transport: Tram M5 from S/U-Bhf Alexanderplatz or S-Bhf Landsberger Allee (Direction Hohenschönhausen/Zingster Straße) to Freienwalder Straße, Tram M6 from S/U-Bhf Alexanderplatz or S-Bhf Landsberger Allee (Direction Hellersdorf/Riesaer Straße) to Genslerstraße, Tram 16 from S/U-Bhf Frankfurter Allee (Direction Ahrensfelde) to Genslerstraße,
Bus 256 from S/U-Bhf Lichtenberg (Direction Wartenberg) to Große-Leege-Straße / Freienwalder Straße

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