The Dresden Stasi had its office in the villa district on the banks of the Elbe. The Stasi detention centre, the ballroom 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 were imprisoned

18:00 und 20:00 Uhr

Political imprisonment in the GDR (90 min.)
Guided tour with former prisoners of the Stasi remand centre

19–23 Uhr

Short guided tours (45 min.)
At an authentic location, you can experience what political imprisonment meant in the GDR. A tour of the only originally preserved Stasi remand prison in Saxony shows how the state's repressive apparatus tried to eliminate its political opponents.

18.00 bis 24.00 Uhr

‘Reappraisal. The GDR in the culture of remembrance’
Poster exhibition

18:00-23:00 Uhr

From application to file
Citizens' counselling with the Federal Archives/Stasi Records Archive Dresden