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The centrepiece of the exhibition is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security – i.e. head of the Stasi – Erich Mielke. The museum is operated by the Antistalinistische Aktion Berlin-Normannenstraße (ASTAK), [3] which was founded by civil rights activists in Berlin in 1990.
The occupations led to the protection of Stasi files and ended the fear East German citizens had of the Stasi, the last bastion of the SED dictatorship. [50] [9] The Stasi was dissolved on 13 January 1990. [31] In 2013, five of the "Women for Change" were awarded the City of Erfurt's medal of honour for their courage in leading the occupation. [55]
The Stasi added a new prison building (using prisoner labour) in the late 1950s. The new building included 200 prison cells and interrogation rooms. After the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the prison was primarily used to house those who wished or attempted to leave East Germany, although political prisoners were also held there.
16th-century Renaissance fortress, includes the City History Museum Spandau, the ZAK Center for Contemporary Art, or the permanent exhibition “Unveiled. Berlin and its Monuments” Sportmuseum Berlin Westend: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf: Sports: Website, located in Olympiapark, German sports history Stasi Museum: Lichtenberg: Lichtenberg: History
The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, pronounced [minɪsˈteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈʃtaːtsˌzɪçɐhaɪ̯t]; abbreviated MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (pronounced [ˈʃtaːziː] ⓘ, an abbreviation of Staatssicherheit), was the state security service and secret police of East Germany from 1950 to 1990.
Naturkundemuseum Leipzig is the city's natural history museum. The Leipzig Panometer is a visual panorama displayed inside a former gasometer, accompanied by a thematic exhibition. The "Museum in der Runden Ecke" is the best known museum in the city. It deals with the operation of the Stasi State Security of former East Germany.
The Stasi Records Agency (German: Stasi-Unterlagen-Behörde) was the organisation that administered the archives of Ministry of State Security (Stasi) of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). It was a government agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was established when the Stasi Records Act came into force on 29 ...
In 2012, the museum at the former Stasi headquarters opened Mielke's office as a permanent exhibit. Soon after, The Guardian correspondent Tam Eastley visited the exhibit and numerous sites in Berlin connected to Mielke's life, times, and legacy. When she visited Mielke's grave, Eastley found that it had become a shrine for adherents of Ostalgie.