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===Magdeburg===
{{ill| Gedenkstätte Moritzplatz Magdeburg|de}} – The memorial site at Moritzplatz in [[Magdeburg]] is a museum on the site of a former prison, built from 1873 to 1876, that was used by the Soviet administration from 1945 to 1949 and the Stasi from 1958 until 1989 to hold political prisoners. Between 1950 and 1958 the Stasi shared another prison with the civil police. The prison at Moritzplatz was used by the Volkspolizei from 1952 until 1958. Between 1945 and 1989, more than 10,000 political prisoners were held in the prison. The memorial site and museum was founded in December 1990.<ref>[https://gedenkstaette-magdeburg.sachsen-anhalt.de/geschichte/gedenkstaette/ Gedenkstätte Moritzplatz Magdeburg. Zur Geschicte der Gedenkstätte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818160533/https://gedenkstaette-magdeburg.sachsen-anhalt.de/geschichte/gedenkstaette/ |date=18 August 2019 }}. Retrieved 18 August 2019</ref>