Berlin Hohenschoenhausen Memorial

The Berlin-Hohenschonhausen Memorial is a museum and a monument, located northeast of Berlin. The museum was opened in 1994 and is located in the old prison at the Ministry of Security of East Germany (the Stasi). Unlike other military and government buildings in East Germany, the prison was stormed during the fall of the wall, so all its documentation was destroyed. Thus the data about its operation comes from testimonies and documents found in other buildings. The museum is part of the European Platform for Memory and Consciousness.