1 - Lange Nacht der Museen

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GAslIcHt-KultuR e.V.
The association campaigns for the preservation of
Berlin’s historic gas-powered street-lighting and
offers guided tours through Berlins gas-lit scenery.
from 9.00 pm � every 30 mins
Guided bus tour (in German)
Gas Street-lighting: A Cultural Asset
More than half of the world’s gas lamps light up
the streets of Berlin every night. What different
types are there and how can you recognise them?
How do modern gas lamps work? These and many
other questions on the past and present of Berlin’s
gas street-lighting will be answered by expert
guides on the double-decker tour bus.
Tour start and ends at the Schloss Charlottenburg
shuttle bus stop
5-branched candelabrum,
pendant lamp (details)
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GeDenKstätte
BeRlIn-HoHenscHönHAusen
The main former Stasi remand prison, photograph: Robert Mispelbaum
On the site of the main former remand prison the
memorial presents the lives of political prisoners
in the GDR and the inner workings of the Ministry
of State Security (Stasi).
Presentation
Testimonies of Political Persecution 1945–1989
6.00–11.00 pm � hourly
Guided tour (in German)
Historians and witnesses show visitors around the
former Stasi remand prison
6.00 pm
Guided tour (in German) through the prohibited
zone
6.30 � 8.30 � 10.30 pm
Guided tour (in German)
The Stasi prison hospital
The GDR’s only prison hospital for political
prisoners
7.00 � 9.00 � 11.00 pm
Guided tour (in German)
Grotewohl-Express and the Stasi »unterwelt«
7.00 pm
Guided tour for the blind (in German)
The GDR Justice System and the Effects of Political
Persecution (Die Justiz in der SBZ/DDR und die
Auswirkungen politischer Verfolgung)
Book sale and refreshments at Genslerstraße 13A
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