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Fates of imprisonment
Thousands of people passed through the Hohenschönhausen detention centre between 1945 and 1989: Nazi suspects, alleged spies, opposition activists, people who wanted to leave the GDR - the reasons for their imprisonment were many and varied.
The fates and stories of the people who were imprisoned here are just as varied.
![Die Zeitzeugin Anne Hahn besucht das Berliner Paul-Natorp Gymnasium Die Zeitzeugin Anne Hahn besucht das Berliner Paul-Natorp Gymnasium](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/7/csm_Anne_Hahn_Paul-Natorp-Gymnasium_09112021_bef24398b0.jpg)
Coordinating Office of Contemporary Witnesses
Reports from contemporary witnesses offer a special approach to history. The coordinating office of contemporary witnesses provides schools throughout Germany with people who can talk in class about their personal experiences of political imprisonment and persecution in the GDR.