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German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits with Monika Gruetters federal commissioner...German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits with Monika Gruetters federal commissioner for Culture and Media the former prison of the East German, communist-era secret police, or Stasi, at Hohenschoenhausen on August 11, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The State Security Service or Staatssicherheitsdienst, of the German Democratic Republic arrested and interrogated thousands of East Germans at the Hohenschoenhausen prison until the collapse of communist government and German reunification. Today the former Stasi prison Hohenschoenhausen is a museum and memorial.
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Merkel Visits Former East German Prison
August 11, 2017 License
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial at the...German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial at the site of a former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS; 'Stasi') in Berlin on August 11, 2017. Thousands of political prisoners passed through this jail, including nearly all the prominent figures who opposed the regime of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Wolfgang Kumm2of 10
Merkel Visits Former East German Prison
August 11, 2017 License
German Chancellor Angela Merkel enters a cell as she visits the...German Chancellor Angela Merkel enters a cell as she visits the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial at the site of a former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS; 'Stasi') in Berlin on August 11, 2017. Thousands of political prisoners passed through this jail, including nearly all the prominent figures who opposed the regime of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Wolfgang Kumm3of 10
Merkel Visits Former East German Prison
August 11, 2017 License
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C-R) and the Federal Government's Commissioner for...German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C-R) and the Federal Government's Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Gruetters (C-L) get expanations by German historian and director of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial Hubertus Knabe (R) and Mike Froehnel (L) as they visit the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial at the site of a former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS; 'Stasi') in Berlin on August 11, 2017. Thousands of political prisoners passed through this jail, including nearly all the prominent figures who opposed the regime of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Wolfgang Kumm4of 10
Merkel Visits Former East German Prison
August 11, 2017 License
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and the Federal Government's Commissioner for...German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and the Federal Government's Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Gruetters (R) get expanations by German historian and director of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial Hubertus Knabe (2nd L) and Mike Froehnel (2nd R) as they visit the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial at the site of a former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS; 'Stasi') in Berlin on August 11, 2017. Thousands of political prisoners passed through this jail, including nearly all the prominent figures who opposed the regime of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Wolfgang Kumm5of 10
Merkel Visits Former East German Prison
August 11, 2017 License
A room of the former prison hospital is pictured at the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen...A room of the former prison hospital is pictured at the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial at the site of a former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS; 'Stasi') in Berlin on August 11, 2017. Thousands of political prisoners passed through this jail, including nearly all the prominent figures who opposed the regime of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). /6of 10
Merkel Visits Former East German Prison
August 11, 2017 License
A room of the former prison hospital is pictured at the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen...A room of the former prison hospital is pictured at the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial at the site of a former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS; 'Stasi') in Berlin on August 11, 2017. Thousands of political prisoners passed through this jail, including nearly all the prominent figures who opposed the regime of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). /7of 10
Merkel Visits Former East German Prison
August 11, 2017 License
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C-R) looks at a key as she stands next to the...German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C-R) looks at a key as she stands next to the Federal Government's Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Gruetters (C) during a visit at the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial at the site of a former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS; 'Stasi') in Berlin on August 11, 2017. Thousands of political prisoners passed through this jail, including nearly all the prominent figures who opposed the regime of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Wolfgang Kumm8of 10
Merkel Visits Former East German Prison
August 11, 2017 License
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits with Monika Gruetters federal commissioner...German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits with Monika Gruetters federal commissioner for Culture and Media and Hubertus Knabe Director of the Stasi Prison memorial, the former prison of the East German, communist-era secret police, or Stasi, at Hohenschoenhausen on August 11, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The State Security Service or Staatssicherheitsdienst, of the German Democratic Republic arrested and interrogated thousands of East Germans at the Hohenschoenhausen prison until the collapse of communist government and German reunification. Today the former Stasi prison Hohenschoenhausen is a museum and memorial.9of 10
Merkel Visits Former East German Prison
August 11, 2017 License
TOPSHOT - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) visits the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen...TOPSHOT - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) visits the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial at the site of a former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS; 'Stasi') in Berlin on August 11, 2017. Thousands of political prisoners passed through this jail, including nearly all the prominent figures who opposed the regime of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Wolfgang Kumm10of 10
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