Normannenstrasse research and memorial site
 View of the house 1 |
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| Data | |
|---|---|
| place |
Berlin-Lichtenberg , Ruschestrasse 103 |
| opening | 1990 |
| operator |
Senate of Berlin ,
sponsored by Antistalinist Action Berlin-Normannenstrasse e. V. (ASTAK) |
| management | |
| Website | |
| ISIL | DE-MUS-892819 |
The Normannenstrasse research and memorial site in Building 1 of the former headquarters of the Ministry for State Security (MfS, Stasi) is a facility for providing information on the activities of the State Security , resistance movements and opposition in the GDR and aspects of the GDR's political system . A permanent exhibition ( Stasi Museum ) was set up in the former, original work rooms of Minister Erich Mielke and his staff . The sponsor is the Antistalinist Action Berlin-Normannenstrasse e. V. (ASTAK), which was founded in the summer of 1990 by civil rights activists in Berlin. Its aim is to promote the expansion of the memorial as a center for the collection, preservation, documentation, processing and exhibition of testimonials as well as topic-related research on the GDR . The head of the research and memorial site is Jörg Drieselmann .
history
The facility is located in a large part of the building complex built between 1930 and 1932 for the Lichtenberg tax office. At the end of the 1970s, the Ministry for State Security had extensive extensions built, for which, among other things, Max Taut's residential buildings in Normannenstrasse were demolished and the New Apostolic Church relocated. Inside the site, a canteen was built (a monument since 2015 ) and further high service buildings facing Ruschestrasse.
After the reunification and peaceful revolution in the GDR , there were numerous protests by angry GDR citizens in front of the Stasi headquarters. In the building, employees of the ministry were busy destroying extensive files. After the head office was stormed on January 15, 1990 , many documents were saved. On November 7, 1990, the ASTAK opened the “Normannenstrasse Research and Memorial Site” with the exhibition “Against the Sleep of Reason”. Since then, House 1 has been open to the public as a museum. The exhibition includes the office and work rooms of the former Minister for State Security Erich Mielke and other rooms. The permanent exhibition “State Security in the SED Dictatorship”, which was developed by ASTAK and the Stasi Records Authority , has been on show since January 2015 .
The listed building 1 with the offices of the minister and his closest employees was energetically renovated by Arnold and Gladisch Architects and opened to the public again in 2012. The service buildings 7 and 8, which are shown to interested people during tours, are used to store the archive materials and have been renovated since 2015.
Urban art
During the building renovation, an “urban work of art” was designed by the Italian artist Francesco Apuzzo from Raumlabor Berlin . The picture motif based on the administrative stamp "EINGANGEN am ....." (partly on the forecourt, partly on the roof of the building) can be seen as a whole from a bird's eye view.
gallery
Building view
exhibition
Office and work rooms of Erich Mielke
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Stasi Museum
- Campus for Democracy
- Exhibition on the Stasi documents archive: Insight into the secret
- Stasi Museum - Normannenstrasse research and memorial site
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List: Service complex of the headquarters of the MfS
Individual evidence
- ↑ Architectural monument tax office Lichtenberg
- ↑ a b Architectural monuments House 1, House 7, House 22 (dining house)
- ↑ Sign at building 7, inside south wing: “Building 7 archive tours, building 8, central warehouse BStU building 7 north wing”; As of November 2015.
- ^ Website of the interest group raumlabor berlin
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 52 ″ N , 13 ° 29 ′ 15 ″ E