The remand centre of the Dresden district administration of the German Democratic Republic's Ministry of State Security (Stasi) in Bautzner Strasse is now a memorial. It is the only remand centre in the Free State of Saxony to have been preserved largely in its original state. The authentic site in the former Stasi complex overlooking the Elbe conveys an impression of the repressive treatment to which opponents to the regime were subjected by the SED dictatorship as well as its Soviet forerunners in the Soviet-occupied zone and the GDR. Independent and guided tours provide insights into the special characteristics of the building, the regimen that prevailed there for the prisoners, and the inhumane interrogation methods. The former Stasi banquet hall and the office of the last head of the Dresden Stasi headquarters, preserved with its original furnishings, are also on view.
Bautzner Straße Memorial
Address
Bautzner Straße 112a
01099 Dresden
Opening hours
Daily 10 am to 6 pm Closed Easter Sunday, 24-26 Dec, 31 Dec and 1 Jan
Prices
Adults 8 euros, concessions 5 euros, persons under the age of 18 and schoolchildren, accompanying persons for people with disabilities (if noted in the disabled pass), press representatives free; reduced admission: Students, trainees, participants in the Federal Voluntary Service (FSJ, FÖJ), holders of the Dresden Pass, asylum seekers, recipients of ALG II and the persons listed in the notice of approval for the specified validity, recipients of social welfare (proof not older than 12 months), people with disabilities (from 50% reduction in earning capacity).
Offers
guided toursshop
Public guided tours without reservation: Fridays at 16:00 (€ 3 + entrance fee) and on the first Sunday of the month at 11:00 (entrance fee only). Admission is free every Wednesday from 16:00!
Exploratory project for independent exploration of the detention center City tour "We are the people!" Dresden Revolutionary Trail 1989 Comic workshop "fremdvertraut": The basics of comic drawing are taught based on the themes of departure, foreignness and a new home (also suitable for people with little knowledge of German). Guided tours and other project offers can be booked via the memorial's homepage:https://stasihaft-dresden.de/bildungsangebote
Exhibition texts in English, Russian, Spanish, French, Norwegian, Polish and Czech Guided tours in English
handicapped accessible toilet, limited handicapped accessible
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Kraszewski Museum
1,7 km
BRN-Museum
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Schiller Pavilion
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Funicular Dresden
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Erich Kästner Museum
