Editing Stasi (section)

===Potsdam===
[[File:100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht Potsdam-8.jpg|thumb|Façade of the Memorial Site, Lindenstrasse, Potsdam]]
* {{ill| Gedenkstätte Lindenstraße|de|Gedenkstätte Lindenstraße 54/55}} The memorial site and museum at Lindenstraße 54/55 in [[Potsdam]], examines political persecution in the Nazi, Soviet occupation and GDR eras. The original building was built 1733–1737 as a baroque palace; it became a court and prison in 1820. From 1933, the Nazi regime held political prisoners there, many of whom were arrested for racial reasons, for example Jews who refused to wear the [[Yellow badge|yellow star]] on their clothing.<ref name=lindenstrasse>[https://www.gedenkstaette-lindenstrasse.de/ Stiftung Gedenkstaette Lindenstrasse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818162122/https://www.gedenkstaette-lindenstrasse.de/ |date=18 August 2019 }}. Retrieved 18 August 2019</ref>

The Soviet administration took over the prison in 1945, also using it as a prison for holding political prisoners on remand. The Stasi then used it as a remand prison, mainly for political prisoners from 1952 until 1989. Over 6,000 people were held in the prison by the Stasi during that time. On 27 October 1989, the prison freed all political prisoners due to a nationwide amnesty. On 5 December 1989, the Stasi Headquarters in Potsdam and the Lindenstrasse Prison were occupied by protesters. From January 1990 the building was used as offices for various citizens initiatives and new political groups, such as the [[New Forum|Neue Forum]]. The building was opened to the public from 20 January 1990 and people were taken on tours of the site. It officially became a Memorial site in 1995.<ref name=lindenstrasse />