Stasigefängnis Hohenschönhausen / Berlin

            Wikipedia....Stasi Prison[edit]
The prison was reopened by the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS), also known as the Stasi, in 1951.[3] The Stasi added a new prison building (using prisoner labour) in the late 1950s. The new building included 200 prison cells and interrogation rooms. After the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the prison was primarily used to house those who wished or attempted to leave East Germany, although political prisoners were also held there. The prison was used until die Wende in 1989 and officially closed on 3 October 1990.[5] 
The main prison also included a hospital wing, built in the 1950s and expanded in 1972. The hospital treated prisoners from all three Berlin prisons and sometimes from regional Stasi prisons as well. The hospital had up to 28 beds (in cells), an X-ray ward, treatment and operating rooms, a laboratory, a morgue, and outdoor exercise cells (called “tiger cages” by prisoners). In 1989, shortly before its closure, the hospital was run by Dr. Herbert Vogel with 28 full-time Stasi staff.[6] 
Political oppression[edit]
Hohenschönhausen was a very important part of East Germany's system of political oppression. 
Although torture and physical violence were commonly employed at Hohenschönhausen (especially in the 1950s),[5] psychological intimidation was the main method of political repression[5] and techniques including sleep deprivation, total isolation, threats to friends and family members, and the use of water cells.[further explanation needed] 
A suggested reason why the torture of East Germany's own citizenry was permitted for so long was the Hohenschönhausen exclusion zone. The prison was located in a large restricted area bordered by a large military town. Additionally, it officially did not exist during many of the years it operated, being left off all maps. These two measures combined meant that few people who did not work there knew what occurred inside. Because it was not well known, the prison was not stormed by demonstrators after the fall of the Wall. This allegedly allowed prison authorities to destroy much of the evidence of their activities. Today, much of our knowledge comes from former prisoners personal accounts and documentation from other East German institutions.[7]
   

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