Tag des Offenen Denkmals Auf den Spuren einer Geheimpolizei

For nearly four decades, the Ministry for State Security of the GDR organized the surveillance and persecution of people from its headquarters in Lichtenberg. With its iconic buildings and open spaces, this historic site documents the gradual development of the Stasi into one of the world’s largest state surveillance and repression apparatuses. Since 2022, additional areas of the former headquarters have been designated as historic landmarks. Even 36 years after the Stasi’s dissolution, the site and its buildings have not yet fully found their place in Berlin’s urban landscape.

On Open Monument Day, representatives of the “Stasi Headquarters: Campus for Democracy” invite visitors to explore the site.

Hours: 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. – No registration required

• Guided tour: Hidden Stories – Discovery Tour of the Stasi Headquarters.
  11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., Meeting point: Info Pavilion, Organizer: Stasi Records Archive
• Guided Tour: Revolution and the Fall of the Wall – Tour of the open-air exhibition
  1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., meeting point: Info Pavilion, organized by: Robert Havemann Society
• Guided Tour: The Problematic Legacy of the Surveillance State. 2:00 p.m.
  Meeting point: Open-air exhibition, Dr. Christian Booß, Organizer: Citizens’ Committee January 15, Inc.
• Lecture: Tasks and Challenges in the Urban Development of the Campus.
  3:00 p.m., Location: Building 7, 4th floor, Organizer: Planergemeinschaft für Stadt und Raum eG
• Lecture: The History of the Stasi Site and Its Future Prospects.
  5:00 p.m., Meeting point: Building 1, Dr. Christian Booß, Organizer: Citizens’ Committee January 15, e.V.

More information about Open Monument Day