Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The furthest east I have ever been
Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Berlin, Germany 52°32′30″N 13°30′5″E
(7th June 2015)
During the Cold War, East Germany's main Stasi prison was hidden in plain sight in the East Berlin suburbs. Fresh inmates were led down empty corridors to their cells to endure months of solitary existence, a tactic which encouraged bonding with their interrogator when they finally met. One entire wing of the prison was given over to interrogation, with each room identically decorated with wallpaper, lino and furniture to remind prisoners briefly of home. The guided tour of the prison complex is both illuminating and chastening, especially when you imagine the devastating human cost of all that happened here. I did the tour, and the interrogation room in the photo is the furthest east on the planet's surface I have ever been. How about you?
<< click for Newer posts
click for Older Posts >>
click to return to the main page
