Gedenkstätte Museum in der "Runden Ecke" — Leipzig, Germany
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N 51° 20.502 E 012° 22.195
33U E 316821 N 5691108
The building used to house the Leipzig STASI (secret police) headquarters until 1989, today it is the home of the Museum documenting the "power and banality" of the GDR secret police
Waymark Code: WMETJJ
Location: Sachsen, Germany
Date Posted: 07/06/2012
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Das Gebäude am Dittrichring, im Volksmund "Runde Ecke" genannt, beherbergte bis 1989 die Bezirksverwaltung des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit der DDR. 1989 war hier einer der Brennpunkte der Montagsdemonstrationen, die die friedliche Revolution und den Weg zur deutschen Einheit einleiteten.
Heute ist in dem Gebäude die Gedenkstätte Museum in der "Runden Ecke" zu Hause, in dem die ständige Ausstellung "Stasi - Macht und Banalität" gezeigt wird.
The building at Dittrichring, popularly known as "Runde Ecke" ("Round Corner") housed until 1989 the district administration of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR. 1989 this was one of the focal points of the Monday demonstrations, which ushered the peaceful revolution and the path to German unity.
Today the building is home of the memorial museum in the "Round Corner", in which the permanent exhibition "Stasi - Power and Banality" is shown.
Quelle / source: Bürgerkomitee Leipzig e.V., Stadt Leipzig
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