35th Anniversary of the Storming of the Stasi Headquarters
35 years ago, the storming of the Stasi headquarters in Berlin-Lichtenberg marked an important step in the process of the Peaceful Revolution. Thousands of people flocked to the site to end the activities of the secret police and to stop the destruction of the files. This continued a process that began in the districts of the GDR.
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POSTER Revolution! – und dann?
With a day of action by the partners on the site of the Stasi headquarters. Campus for Democracy, the events are remembered and their effects on the present are examined.
Program on January 15, 2025
11 a.m. • 1 p.m. • 3 p.m. • Out and about in the Stasi Museum
Learn more about state security and its end on a guided tour. Then explore the historic ministerial floor.
Meeting point: Foyer of the Stasi Museum, "House 1" - 90 mins
3 p.m. • 5 p.m. • Guided tour of the open-air exhibition
Contemporary witness tour of the exhibition "Revolution and the Fall of the Wall"
Meeting point: in front of House 22 - 90 mins 3 p.m. • The end of the Stasi
Tour focusing on the occupation and dissolution of the Stasi
Meeting point: Foyer of the Stasi Documents Archive, "House 7" - 90 mins
4 p.m. • "Where is my file?"
Exhibition tour “Insight into the secret” with a visit to the storage rooms of the Stasi Records Archive
Meeting point: Foyer of the Stasi Records Archive, “House 7” - 60 mins
5 p.m. • Flashlight tour
Tour of the site of the former Stasi headquarters
Meeting point: Foyer of the Stasi Records Archive, “House 7” - 90 mins
6 p.m. • Tour of the special exhibition Mauerpauer
Curator’s tour of the exhibition
Meeting point: House 22 - Ground floor - 60 mins
7 p.m. • “Round tables, citizens’ committees and the democracy of tomorrow”
The panel discussion will focus on the latest historical findings on the Stasi occupation on January 15, 1990 and the democratic negotiation processes since 1990: What has become of the ideas and commitment to democracy and civil rights? Together they want to discuss how citizen participation and democracy have developed since then and what lessons people can learn from this for the future.
With Dr. Christian Booß (Citizens' Committee 15 January), David Gill (involved in setting up the BStU, ambassador), Ulrike Poppe (civil rights activist, requested) Dr. Daniel Kubiak (BMI, HU Berlin, requested), Moderation: Marco Seiffert
Meeting point: House 22 - Room 1st floor - 120 mins
Special exhibition: Mauerpauer - Mail art against the Berlin Wall
Cross-border artistic protest that can be found in creatively designed letters, postcards, packages.
House 22 - Information point ground floor
This event is a cooperation between the Federal Archives - Stasi Records Archive, the Robert Havemann Society, the Citizens' Committee 15 January and the Stasi Museum (ASTAK).
The event is part of the program for 35 years of the Peaceful Revolution.
Please register for the tours by January 14th at: Einblick-ins-geheime@bundesarchiv.de or by phone at 030 18 665-6699
(TOURS & TALKS IN GERMAN)
Additional information
Dates
January 2025
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