Iv'e been in the old stasi headquarters in berlin. On the wall in one of the rooms where the big boss ran the show there was a world map which only showed East germany and nothing else. During the days of the DDR if you had relatives that worked for the state or were in the military you were not allowed to leave the country. I was there in 2004. I also toured the main stasi prison complexses. "The lives of Others" is a great film to watch on this era
Wow this is where they kept records on 6 million East German citizens. On January 15th 1990, thousands of East Germans stormed this same office and tried to get information that was stormed on them. God I was too young to remember the Berlin Wall or Soviet Union falling, but I guess you thought that events like that would never happen.
OMG i would never ever ride that elevator. Its scary just looking at it
apekatt66 2 years ago
Iv'e been in the old stasi headquarters in berlin. On the wall in one of the rooms where the big boss ran the show there was a world map which only showed East germany and nothing else. During the days of the DDR if you had relatives that worked for the state or were in the military you were not allowed to leave the country. I was there in 2004. I also toured the main stasi prison complexses. "The lives of Others" is a great film to watch on this era
SCHRUBBE1966 3 years ago
Wow this is where they kept records on 6 million East German citizens. On January 15th 1990, thousands of East Germans stormed this same office and tried to get information that was stormed on them. God I was too young to remember the Berlin Wall or Soviet Union falling, but I guess you thought that events like that would never happen.
redmustang03 4 years ago