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Brandenburg
About 22 miles away
Frederick the Great's palaces, where the Allies met in 1945.
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Hohenschönhausen Memorial
The Stasi's main political prison, toured with guides, some of them former prisoners.
- Open
- Every day; check the website for tour times
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Genslerstrasse 66, 13055 BerlinDirections
- Getting There
- Tram M5 to Freienwalder Strasse.
Why Go
East Germany's secret police held thousands of political prisoners here, in cells and interrogation rooms that survive just as they were.
Guided tours, often led by people who were held here, are the best way to see it.
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A rebuilt baroque city, with the Bastei's rock bridge nearby.
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