Important note for visitors
Please note that the fees for guided tours and other educational offers will increase from 2025. The new prices apply with immediate effect for all enquiries from 1 February 2025.
Guided tours of the Stasi prison
Learn about the history of the site and the fates of the people who were imprisoned here on a guided tour of the former Stasi remand centre. The tours are led by former political prisoners and historians.
Register for a public tour or book a guided tour for your group.
Current exhibitions
Imprisoned at Hohenschönhausen
Permanent exhibition, 10am - 6pm every day
Free admission
In our media library you will find English-language videos, biographies and publications on the history of the former remand centre of the Ministry of State Security and the fates of the detainees.
History and fates of imprisonment
Special camp, Soviet remand prison, Central remand prison of the Ministry for State Security - various phases of political persecution, repression and imprisonment overlap on the site on Genslerstraße. Find out more about the history of the site and the fates of the numerous prisoners.
Fates of imprisonment
History
Opening hours
The Memorial is open daily from 10am to 6pm.
It is closed from 24th-26th December, 31st December and 1st January.
How to get here
Tram M5 to Freienwalder Str.
Tram M6 / Tram 16 to Genslerstraße
Bus 256 to Große-Leege-Str./Freienwalder Str.
