Gedenkstätte Museum in der „Runden Ecke“

4 Balazs Kiss - 2 months ago

Based on the volume of documents and unique artefacts piled up here I would love to give a higher score but an exhibition as analogue as this don't deserve more in 2022 (even if we consider the time travel starting right at the entrance with the cumbersome process of the ticket purchase - strictly with cash).

A huge pile of documentation was cramped into these handful of rooms, one can borrow (that's practically the entrance fee) an audioguide, which tries to ... Well.. guide and put into context this enormous amount of information installed on the walls and in cases. There supposed to be some sort of storyline but it's loosely enforced and feels a bit random - probably the English guide couldn't cover every detail available on display - almost exclusively in German only.

Still remembering these times, the involuntary time travel made a heavy impression but the whole exhibition cries for a rework - maybe a tad bit less information with greater focus and accentuation would help to understand even for the younger generations how Stasi became this powerful u0026 frightful machine by the time of the Berlin wall's fall.

Definitely worth a (2 hours) visit.

5 Ludovic Geldhof - a month ago

A must visit in Leipzig. An eye-opener about the Stasi activity here. I learned a lot here today. It's cheap. Marvelous how they used so much authentic material here

5 Kevin Mies - a month ago

Excellently conservation of tragedy. You really can't miss this when in Leipzig. A showcase of the German fight for freedom and reunion and how a regime was trying to stop it.

5 Stephen Mew - a month ago

A superb museum on the Stasi - East German secret police, in their on headquarters in Leipzig. Exhibits are in German but there is a brilliant audio guide in English for €5. Entrance is free. There are toilets but no lockers.

4 Tanja Grabitz - a month ago

To hear and see what life was like during that time was very interesting and should be an eye opener to everyone who complains about the state of things now.
In my opinion a must see!!

5 Jennifer Beilman - a year ago

Very interesting museum. As an English speaker, with limited German, there is a lot that is NOT translated. The audio guides are very informative and give a good understanding if you don't speak German. There were details we certainly missed due to the language barrier, but overall it was clearly conveyed the impact of the Stasi on the general public.

3 J-P Satre - 2 months ago

It’s definitely worth a visit but the layout of the information/lots of written articles etc in small print isn’t ideal. The Forum of Contemporary History Leipzig on the other hand (ok it covers a much wider time period) is really well laid out and much more informative overall.