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Berlin (dpa) - After almost five months of forced Corona break, the Berlin Stasi victims memorial will open again to visitors from Monday.
For the permanent and special exhibition in the former remand prison of the GDR State Security, interested parties must book a time slot beforehand, the memorial said.
Hohenschönhausen wanted to be part of the opened memorials as soon as possible, as director Helge Heidemeyer emphasized.
Visitors would have had to forego any form of culture for a long time.
You should now feel as safe as possible when visiting.
All precautionary and hygiene standards would be observed.
"There is no contradiction between cultural offerings and hygiene standards," says the head of the memorial.
The permanent exhibition "Imprisoned in Hohenschönhausen: Evidence of Political Persecution 1945-89" provides information about the history of the place of imprisonment with around 500 exhibits and more than 300 historical photos.
Speakers and contemporary witnesses are available in the exhibition for questions and explanations.
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The special exhibition "Stasi in Berlin - Surveillance and Repression in East and West" is a 170 square meter walk-in aerial view of Berlin.
It is documented where the Stasi kept secret service objects, conspiratorial apartments and bases in the east and west of the city.
There are also films and photos.
According to the memorial, guided tours through the former Stasi prison with originally preserved cells and interrogation rooms are not yet on the program again.
There are digital educational offers for schoolchildren.
According to the memorial, more than 11,000 people were imprisoned in Hohenschönhausen from 1951 to 1989, including civil rights activists such as Bärbel Bohley and Jürgen Fuchs.
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