{"id":441,"date":"2023-07-31T12:59:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/gedenkstaette-andreasstrasse\/geschichte-des-ortes\/ort-der-unterdrueckung\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:49:04","slug":"ort-der-unterdrueckung","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/gedenkstaette-andreasstrasse\/geschichte-des-ortes\/ort-der-unterdrueckung\/","title":{"rendered":"Site of Oppression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the GDR, the red brick building in Andreasstrasse was a dreaded place. Here, the Ministry of State Security (Stasi, for short) imprisoned people who did not want to bow to the SED dictatorship. The usual accusations were: espionage, sabotage, underground activity, anti-democratic incitement. Later, after the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the majority of the people in Stasi custody were people who had unsuccessfully tried to escape the GDR to emigrate to the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"rs-block-galerie-wrapper mb-5 mt-5\" id=\"galerie-block_0fc7f91d0dbbbef39606f2d120bb5270\">\n    <!-- Begin Slider -->\n\n\n<div class=\"slider-gallery-wrapper wrapper-breakout gallery-fullwidth\" data-id=\"2321\">\n\t<div class=\"row g-0 pb-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8 gallery-topic\">\n\t\t\tPictures of the remand prison\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 px-4 px-md-5 gallery-navigation\">\n\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"swiper-button-prev swiper-button-prev-2321 me-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 40 40\"><use href=\"#arrow\"><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"swiper-button-next swiper-button-next-2321\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 40 40\"><use href=\"#arrow\"><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"swiper-full-width\" class=\"swiper swiper-container-2321\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/6_0_9H_007-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"6_0_9H_007\" title=\"6_0_9H_007\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">View of the prison area in Andreasstrasse from the north, around 1935; Erfurt City Archives<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/6_0_9H_043-e1691402799708-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"6_0_9H_043\" title=\"6_0_9H_043\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Photo of a group cell, 1954; Erfurt City Archives<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/51460012-scaled-e1691402944841-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"51460012\" title=\"51460012\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">View of the area of the pre-trial detention centre from Andreasstrasse, 1990; photo: Thomas Wagner<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/51460010-scaled-e1691402601354-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"51460010\" title=\"51460010\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">The whole site was surrounded by a high wall, access was only possible via Bechtheimer Street, 1990; photo: Thomas Wagner<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/51460009-scaled-e1691402648367-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"51460009\" title=\"51460009\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Entrance to the site via Bechtheimer Street, 1990; photo: Thomas Wagner<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/stasi054-e1691402681446-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"stasi054\" title=\"stasi054\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">View into the former prison yard of the Stasi district office, 1989; Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Zeitgeschichte e.V., photo: Wolfgang Haase<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Wagner_Freihoefe-scaled-e1691402724698-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"Wagner_Freihoefe\" title=\"Wagner_Freihoefe\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Security guards patrol the prison yard cells, 1990; photo: Thomas Wagner<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Wagner_Bechtheimer_3-scaled-e1691402760594-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Wagner_Bechtheimer_3\" title=\"Wagner_Bechtheimer_3\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Access road to the site, another prison building that no longer exists can be seen in the background, 1990; photo: Thomas Wagner<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Wagner_Zelle_rechts-scaled-e1691402844803-1024x820.jpg\" alt=\"Wagner_Zelle_rechts\" title=\"Wagner_Zelle_rechts\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Inside a prison cell, 1990; photo: Thomas Wagner<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-item-img\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Wagner_Zelle_1-scaled-e1691402875272-893x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Wagner_Zelle_1\" title=\"Wagner_Zelle_1\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Glass bricks were a typical feature of the Stasi\u2019s pre-trial detention centres, 1990; photo: Thomas Wagner<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<script>\n\t\tjQuery(function($) {\n\t\t\tif( $( '#swiper-full-width' ).length )\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\trenderSlides( 'swiper2321', '.swiper-container-2321' , '.swiper-button-next-2321' , '.swiper-button-prev-2321' );\n\n\t\t\t\tfunction renderSlides(swipers, selector, nextBtn, prevBtn, pagination) {\n\t\t\t\t\tvar swipers = new Swiper(selector, {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdirection: 'horizontal',\n\t\t\t\t\t\tnavigation: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnextEl: nextBtn,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tprevEl: prevBtn,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tkeyboard: { enabled: true },\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloop: true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tslidesPerView: 1,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbreakpoints: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      991: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t        slidesPerView: 2,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t        loop: false\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      },\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      1200: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t        slidesPerView: 2.3,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t        loop: false\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      }\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    }\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t};\n\t\t\t};\n\t\t});\n\t<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!-- End Slider -->\n    <style type=\"text\/css\">\n        .rs-block-galerie-wrapper+.rs-block-galerie-wrapper {\n            margin-top: 3rem;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to current calculations, 5.523 GDR citizens were held in pre-trial detention at Erfurt&#8217;s Andreasstrasse for political reasons \u2013 isolated from the outside world and excluded from regular criminal proceedings. Interrogations and isolation, disorientation and uncertainty determined their daily lives in prison. Most prisoners were sentenced to imprisonment after their pre-trial detention. Prisoners were also held on the ground floor and in the basement of the building \u2013 in the custody of the People&#8217;s Police (Volkspolizei). Political prisoners, such as men who had refused military service, were also among these detainees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andreasstrasse as a place of discipline and punishment did not begin during the GDR. Since 1878 people have been imprisoned in Andreasstrasse. However, the prison only became a place of systematic repression of political dissenters during the Nazi period. Because they did not fit into the worldview of the Nazis, hundreds of women and men were imprisoned there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"content-blocks-wrapper zeitzeugen-wrapper\">\n            \n\n        <div class=\"content-wrapper wrapper-breakout zitat-wrapper rs-content-block-wrapper text-toggler-wrapper\" id=\"content-block-block_21ba7fe488e990d1ecb9abee8fc050783\">\n            <div class=\"content-wrapper-item row\" data-text-toggled=\"text-toggled\">\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 content-wrapper-item-image\" data-text-color=\"blau\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt-mit-17_Bild-privat-e1691496496935-1024x804.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt-mit-17_Bild-privat-e1691496496935-1024x804.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt-mit-17_Bild-privat-e1691496496935-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt-mit-17_Bild-privat-e1691496496935-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt-mit-17_Bild-privat-e1691496496935-1536x1206.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt-mit-17_Bild-privat-e1691496496935.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-lg content-wrapper-item-content\">\n                    <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-inner\">\n                                                    <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-content-headline\">Harald Ipolt <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"underline\"><p><strong>*1959 in Gotha<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accusation: &#8216;Incitement against the state&#8217; according to \u00a7220 of the Criminal Code of the GDR<br \/>\nDetained in Andreasstrasse from June to December 1978<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-inner-text-wrapper\">\n                            <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-content-text hyphens\" data-text-color=\"blau\">\n                                <p>\u201cI was in a cell with three other inmates. We were not allowed to work. We killed time. My faith gave me strength and support during this difficult time. When, on Pentecost or during the autumn pilgrimage, the sound of the great bell from the nearby cathedral penetrated the thick prison walls, I found new hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-content-quote mt-4 d-none\"><p>At the age of 18, Harald Ipolt wants to commemorate the popular uprising in the GDR that began on June 17, 1953. Using chalk, he wrote, \u2018Long live the 17th of June&#8217; on Gotha&#8217;s streets. For this &#8216;anti-state incitement,&#8217; he was sentenced to one year in prison. After six months of pre-trial detention in the Stasi prison in Andreasstrasse in Erfurt, Ipolt was released, but only on probation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"toggle-trigger toggle-trigger-more border-0 bg-transparent\" style=\"font-weight: bold;cursor: pointer;font-size: 36px;\"><span style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000;\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 19.14 13.99\"><g id=\"Ebene_1-2\"><path d=\"m12.45,0l6.7,6.7v.62l-6.7,6.67-1.9-1.9,3.84-3.84-1.68.07-12.71.02v-2.74h12.71l1.61.07-3.77-3.77,1.9-1.92Z\"\/><\/g><\/svg> show more<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"toggle-trigger toggle-trigger-less mt-3 d-none border-0 bg-transparent\" style=\"font-weight: bold;cursor: pointer;font-size: 36px;\"><span style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000;\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 19.14 13.99\"><g id=\"Ebene_1-2\"><path d=\"m12.45,0l6.7,6.7v.62l-6.7,6.67-1.9-1.9,3.84-3.84-1.68.07-12.71.02v-2.74h12.71l1.61.07-3.77-3.77,1.9-1.92Z\"\/><\/g><\/svg> show less<\/span><\/button>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            \n\n        <div class=\"content-wrapper wrapper-breakout zitat-wrapper rs-content-block-wrapper text-toggler-wrapper\" id=\"content-block-block_21ba7fe488e990d1ecb9abee8fc0507834\">\n            <div class=\"content-wrapper-item row\" data-text-toggled=\"text-toggled\">\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 content-wrapper-item-image\" data-text-color=\"rot\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Frauenegruppe3-e1691496545902-1024x732.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Frauenegruppe3-e1691496545902-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Frauenegruppe3-e1691496545902-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Frauenegruppe3-e1691496545902-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Frauenegruppe3-e1691496545902-1536x1098.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Frauenegruppe3-e1691496545902.jpg 1996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-lg content-wrapper-item-content\">\n                    <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-inner\">\n                                                    <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-content-headline\">Barbara Sengewald<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"underline\"><p><strong>*1953 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dissident in the GDR and a participant in the 1989 Peaceful Revolution<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-inner-text-wrapper\">\n                            <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-content-text hyphens\" data-text-color=\"rot\">\n                                <p>&#8220;At the end of the 1980s, I met with other women almost daily. We debated, formulated open letters in which we denounced the conditions in the GDR, or discussed how we could create an ecumenical women&#8217;s center. We mostly met in each others apartments, in mine too. I was a single parent and had no one to take care of my child.\u201d<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-content-quote mt-4 d-none\"><p>Barbara Sengewald was active in several opposition groups and various women&#8217;s groups in the GDR. In 1989, she co-founded the group &#8216;Women for Change&#8217;. These courageous women initiated the first occupation of a Stasi headquarters in the GDR on December 4, 1989, in Erfurt. Their goal: to stop the destruction of the Stasi files that has already begun. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"toggle-trigger toggle-trigger-more border-0 bg-transparent\" style=\"font-weight: bold;cursor: pointer;font-size: 36px;\"><span style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000;\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 19.14 13.99\"><g id=\"Ebene_1-2\"><path d=\"m12.45,0l6.7,6.7v.62l-6.7,6.67-1.9-1.9,3.84-3.84-1.68.07-12.71.02v-2.74h12.71l1.61.07-3.77-3.77,1.9-1.92Z\"\/><\/g><\/svg> show more<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"toggle-trigger toggle-trigger-less mt-3 d-none border-0 bg-transparent\" style=\"font-weight: bold;cursor: pointer;font-size: 36px;\"><span style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000;\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 19.14 13.99\"><g id=\"Ebene_1-2\"><path d=\"m12.45,0l6.7,6.7v.62l-6.7,6.67-1.9-1.9,3.84-3.84-1.68.07-12.71.02v-2.74h12.71l1.61.07-3.77-3.77,1.9-1.92Z\"\/><\/g><\/svg> show less<\/span><\/button>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the GDR, the red brick building in Andreasstrasse was a dreaded place. 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