09.03.2010
President of Maldives in Stasi-prison
 The president of the Maldives, Dr. Mohamed Nasheed, has visited, on Monday, 8th, the memorial Berlin-Hohenschönhausen. The former journalist himself had been imprisoned for several months for political reasons because he criticised openly the anti-democratic conditions in his country. For founding a democratic party,
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New visitor's record in 2009
 The memorial Berlin-Hohenschönhausen has posted a new record: In 2009, 314.000 people have visited the former central political prison of the East-German State Security (Stasi). The year before, 249.000 people came to visit the memorial - an increase of 26 percent. In conclusion, since its creation in 1994 more than 1,7 millions of people have visited the Stasi-prison.
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