The Secret Policeman's Other Museum
October 9, 2014 1:02 PM Subscribe
Berlin Filter: I'm heading to Germany soon, and I was disappointed to learn that the Stasi Museum will be closed while I'm there. What's the next best destination for a tourist curious about the inner workings of the East German secret police?
If you'll be going to Leipzig as well, comments from this post on the blue suggest the Museum in the Round Corner and I suppose the nearby Stasi Bunker Museum.
posted by sevenless at 1:22 PM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by sevenless at 1:22 PM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
Also came in to suggest the short train trip to Leipzig and the Runde Ecke museum. You can easily do it as a day trip from Berlin.
posted by corvine at 2:54 PM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by corvine at 2:54 PM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
It's not on the English page, but:
But the real answer is go to Lichtenberg. There's also a general DDR Museum, but I'm pretty sure it's a tourist trap.
posted by hoyland at 4:13 PM on October 9, 2014 [2 favorites]
InterimsausstellungPart of the exhibition will be available in Haus 1 and a travelling exhibition from the Museum in der Runden Ecken called "The Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig" is in Haus 22 across the street (I'm assuming that's what 'opposite' means--I haven't been there). They're open the standard hours. Given that they didn't bother mentioning this on the English page, I don't know that I would count on a ton of signage in English.
Während der Schließzeit können im gegenüberliegenden Haus 22 die Ausstellung "Die Friedliche Revolution in Leipzig" des Museums in der Runden Ecken sowie einige Teile der Ausstellung aus Haus 1 besichtigt werden. Die Öffnungszeiten entsprechen den normalen Öffnungszeiten des Museums.
"Die Friedliche Revolution in Leipzig" – Eine Wanderausstellung des Bürgerkomitees Leipzig e.V, Träger der Gedenkstätte Museum in der "Runden Ecke" mit dem Museum im Stasi-Bunker.
Die Ausstellung erinnert an die Ereignisse der Friedlichen Revolution 1989/90, der ersten gelungenen und gewaltfreien Revolution in der deutschen Geschichte.
But the real answer is go to Lichtenberg. There's also a general DDR Museum, but I'm pretty sure it's a tourist trap.
posted by hoyland at 4:13 PM on October 9, 2014 [2 favorites]
I went to the DDR museum in May and it's worth seeing.
posted by brujita at 6:40 PM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by brujita at 6:40 PM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
I went on a tour led by a former prisoner at Hohenschoenhausen and it was a very moving experience. That was in German, if you can't speak German I'm not sure what your options are but it's worth looking into.
posted by kinddieserzeit at 9:47 PM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by kinddieserzeit at 9:47 PM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
Seconding Hohenschoenhausen, I was on an English tour. Convenient to Berlin, featured, I think, in The Lives of Others.
posted by Mngo at 12:22 PM on October 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Mngo at 12:22 PM on October 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
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