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The history of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen prison site has not yet been researched in sufficient detail. There is, as of yet, no general overview detailing the social background of the prisoners, nor the reasons for their imprisonment, nor their length of stay. In fact, we do not even know exactly how many prisoners were kept here over the years.
The Berlin Hohenschönhausen Memorial charter specifically entrusts the Memorial with the task of carrying out research into the history of the site. However, since the Memorial does not have the academic staff needed for major projects at its disposal, its work has to be primarily directed towards securing oral and written source material for later research. In accordance with this aim, the Memorial has established an Eyewitnesses Office and an Archive, and also supports smaller external research projects. In particular, the Memorial calls on a new generation of scholars to conduct more detailed research into the history of the Memorial site.
In 2009, an EU funds supported research project was completed. As part of the EU Programme "Active European Remembrance," numerous interviews were conducted with eye witnesses and the collected interview stocks were evaluated by the Memorial. Information about the respective prison backgrounds, everyday prison conditions and the often months-long interrogation from the perspective of inmates were found; in addition, excellent descriptions of individual prisoners, which reflect the variety of individual experiences during the forty year of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen prison. |
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