Visiting Bautzner Straße 112a you can find this shocking building which was the Stasi's prison of Dresden until 1989. The Stasi was the secret police of the GDR (German Democratic Republic), its functions was political persecution of opponents of the communist regime. The prison held more than 11,000 prisoners who were severely interogated. Between those prisoners you can find liberal activists, illegal residents who´s trying to leave the state and others who helped people to escape from the GDR.
When you approach the building, which is difficult to access, it is hard to see that this is one of the most principle prisons in the history of the GDR. Its architecture is simple and does not contrast too much with the rest of the neighborhood. However, the interior of the building everything is different.
Inside the prison there are 44 cells for 88 prisoners, who are kept in the same condition in which they were. The guards didn't know the personal data, the history of life and the cause of detention of the prisoners, even their names. The prisoners were called by the cell number and the position of their beds.
If you walk through Dresden don´t miss visiting this historical site that lets you find a new value to your own freedom.
(Dresden, December 3rd, 2012)
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