The Dresden Stasi had its branch in the villa district on the slopes of the Elbe. The Stasi detention centre, the banquet hall and many of the Stasi's workrooms have been preserved. Who worked there? How did the surveillance apparatus work? And what happened to people who ended up in custody?

18:00 and 20:00
Political imprisonment in the GDR
Guided tour with former inmates of the Stasi detention centre

19:00-23:00
Short tours (45 min.)
Experience what political imprisonment meant in the GDR at an authentic site. A tour of the only original Stasi remand prison in Saxony shows how the state's repressive apparatus tried to eliminate its political opponents.

18:00-24:00
"17 June compact. The People's Uprising in the GDR 1953".
Poster exhibition

18:00-22:00
Searching for clues in the memorial
Family offer

18:00-23:00
From application to file
Citizens' advisory service with the Federal Archives/Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Dresden

The cafeteria is open.