Museum in der Runden Ecke
Description
Housed in the former offices of the Stasi, the DDRs feared secret police, the museum tells the history of the covert surveillance or an entire population and the paranoia that gripped the government of the DDR. Exhibits include the hidden cameras and recording devices used to capture evidence, a room full of props for disguises and the bizarre glass jars containing yellow cloth swabs that had been used to record the body odour of dissidents (so they could be tracked by dogs if they ever tried to escape). The exhibition is in German, but a handy audio guide translates many of the exhibits for you.
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Getting There
Latitude: 51.341745; Longitude: 12.369951
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Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (05/04/2014), and on time of last update (04/05/2014) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.