Bus 256, N56 Große-Leege-Straße/Freienwalder Straße
Informations about accessibility
for people with impaired mobility
The permanent exhibition "Imprisoned in Hohenschönhausen" however is accessible without any barriers. Unfortunately, the guided tours through the historical buildings are not barrier free. There are some stairs in the former prison. Users of wheelchairs and walking frames should plan for that.
Short Facts
Built
1939 as large kitchen of the Nazi People’s Welfare organisation; repurposed in 1945 as central Soviet remand prison and rebuilt in 1960 as a Stasi prison with more than 200 cells
Opened
1994 as a memorial
Permanent exhibition space
700 m²
What to see
in the exhibition: photos, letters, objects and media stations dealing with imprisonment in Hohenschönhausen
In the former Stasi prison: cells, interrogation rooms, prison hospital and the “Grotewohl-Express” (carriage used to transport prisoners between prisons in the GDR)