{"id":442,"date":"2023-07-31T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/gedenkstaette-andreasstrasse\/geschichte-des-ortes\/ort-des-aufbruchs\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:45:38","slug":"ort-des-aufbruchs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/gedenkstaette-andreasstrasse\/geschichte-des-ortes\/ort-des-aufbruchs\/","title":{"rendered":"Site of Rupture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On December 4, 1989, Andreasstrasse transformed from a site of oppression to a site of liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this day courageous Erfurt residents occupied these Stasi headquarters as part of the Peaceful Revolution. It was the first occupation of a Stasi headquarters in the GDR. Soon thereafter, Stasi headquarters in other German cities were also occupied.<\/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_a64df12e7646c233a2ef9d1a2bca1b14\">\n    <!-- Begin Slider -->\n\n\n<div class=\"slider-gallery-wrapper wrapper-breakout gallery-fullwidth\" data-id=\"2294\">\n\t<div class=\"row g-0 pb-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8 gallery-topic\">\n\t\t\t  1. Occupation of a Stasi District Office in the GDR\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-2294 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-2294\">\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-2294\" >\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\/001F5469_B1DD04734D4979F473D20E908B5EB6CC-e1691400024947.jpg\" alt=\"001F5469_B1DD04734D4979F473D20E908B5EB6CC\" title=\"001F5469_B1DD04734D4979F473D20E908B5EB6CC\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">The occupiers call in the military prosecutor, they hope he will enforce their demand for admission to the Stasi district administration office; Th\u00fcringer Allgemeine Newspaper, photo: Sascha Fromm<\/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\/Erfurt-04.Dezember-1989_Besetzung-der-Stasi-Bezirksverwaltung_Gesellschaft-fuer-Zeitgeschichte-e1691400079334-1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"Erfurt, 04.Dezember 1989_Besetzung der Stasi-Bezirksverwaltung_Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Zeitgeschichte\" title=\"Erfurt, 04.Dezember 1989_Besetzung der Stasi-Bezirksverwaltung_Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Zeitgeschichte\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Military prosecutor (right, in uniform) in conversation with a representative of the State Security (left, in a suit); Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Zeitgeschichte e.V.<\/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\/leere-Akten_Wolfgang-HaaseGfZ-e1691400113669-1024x805.jpg\" alt=\"leere Akten_Wolfgang HaaseGfZ\" title=\"leere Akten_Wolfgang HaaseGfZ\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">many file folders were found empty; 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\/EE5A3ZO-e1691400179503.jpg\" alt=\"EE5A3Z~O\" title=\"EE5A3Z~O\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Search for files in the Stasi district administration office; Th\u00fcringer Allgemeine Newspaper, photo: Sascha Fromm<\/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\/ELPO8IU-e1691400200573-1024x829.jpg\" alt=\"ELPO8I~U\" title=\"ELPO8I~U\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Torn files seized during the occupation; 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\/EEUE8TJ-e1691400284451.jpg\" alt=\"EEUE8T~J\" title=\"EEUE8T~J\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">The occupiers found the remains of burned files in the boiler room; Th\u00fcringer Allgemeine Newspaper, photo: Sascha Fromm<\/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\/Stasi1-71390005-scaled-e1691400341159-1024x812.jpg\" alt=\"Stasi1-71390005\" title=\"Stasi1-71390005\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">The first occupation of a Stasi district administration office took place on December 4, 1989, in Erfurt; photo: Andreas Giessler<\/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\/stasi071-e1691400386465-1024x748.jpg\" alt=\"stasi071\" title=\"stasi071\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Occupation of the Stasi district administration office with a detention centre in Andreasstrasse; 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\/Stasi001-Foto.S.Fromm_-scaled-e1691400431171-1024x838.jpg\" alt=\"MFS ERSTUERMUNG\" title=\"MFS ERSTUERMUNG\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Major General Josef Schwarz, head of the Stasi detention facility, must answer to the occupiers; Th\u00fcringer Allgemeine Newspaper, photo: Sascha Fromm<\/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\/E9L65I0-scaled-e1691400263295-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"E9L65I~0\" title=\"E9L65I~0\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Blockade of the rear entrance by a vehicle of the city administration, photo: Andreas Giessler<\/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\/Kubusbild_Auto_Akten_Staatsanwalt-Schnitt-e1692183402276.jpg\" alt=\"Kubusbild_Auto_Akten_Staatsanwalt-Schnitt\" title=\"Kubusbild_Auto_Akten_Staatsanwalt-Schnitt\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Excerpt from the cube of the Peaceful Revolution, the drawings are based on these historical photos; drawing: Simon Schwartz<\/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( 'swiper2294', '.swiper-container-2294' , '.swiper-button-next-2294' , '.swiper-button-prev-2294' );\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>Stasi employees were in the process of destroying evidence of their human rights violations. But the occupiers saved what they could and stored the seized Stasi files in the empty prison cells. This was a milestone of the Peaceful Revolution and the beginning of the reappraisal of the SED dictatorship in Thuringia. It is also why, today, this story has a particular place at Andreasstrasse: on the cube of the Peaceful Revolution, the symbol of our Memorial and Educational Centre. To complete the artwork, historical images were compiled into a collage by the Potsdam agency <a href=\"https:\/\/freybeuter.de\/portfolio\/\">freybeuter<\/a>. The artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simon-schwartz.com\/\">Simon Schwartz<\/a> (Hamburg) was responsible for the artistic anonymization of the collage.<\/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_76164ce37754c402ac3fb7b4e66c6f113\">\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=\"pink\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Photo22_19-e1691497023241-1024x774.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Photo22_19-e1691497023241-1024x774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Photo22_19-e1691497023241-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Photo22_19-e1691497023241-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Photo22_19-e1691497023241.jpg 1254w\" 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=\"pink\">\n                                <p>&#8220;After the occupation of the Stasi headquarters, many people suddenly pitched in to dissolve the repressive apparatus of the state, the all-dominating octopus of the state security. We streamed out into the city to follow up on the many tips given to us by members of the community. We tracked down conspiratorial apartments, destroyed telephone interception systems, found underground bunkers.&#8221;<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-content-quote mt-4 d-none\"><p>On December 5, 1989, one day after the occupation of the Stasi headquarters, a citizens&#8217; committee was founded in Erfurt; Barbara Sengewald was also there. The primary goal: the dissolution of the Stasi. Because most people in Erfurt no longer trusted &#8216;the old-guard&#8217; and their institutions, this committee quickly also began to devote itself to other municipal tasks. <\/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_76164ce37754c402ac3fb7b4e66c6f1134\">\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=\"gelb\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt_5.12.89_Manfred-Wettstein-e1691498098860-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt_5.12.89_Manfred-Wettstein-e1691498098860-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt_5.12.89_Manfred-Wettstein-e1691498098860-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt_5.12.89_Manfred-Wettstein-e1691498098860-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stiftung-ettersberg.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Ipolt_5.12.89_Manfred-Wettstein-e1691498098860.jpg 1530w\" 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<\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-inner-text-wrapper\">\n                            <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-content-text hyphens\" data-text-color=\"gelb\">\n                                <p>&#8220;When I arrived at Andreasstrasse, I was first interrogated for three weeks straight. Every day, from morning to night. The worst thing for me was the interrogator&#8217;s comment on the first day: &#8216;If you think that was enough to buy yourself at ticket to the West, you&#8217;re wrong.&#8217; I didn&#8217;t want to go to West Germany. I wanted to stay in order to make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"content-wrapper-item-content-quote mt-4 d-none\"><p>In 1978, 18-year-old Harald Ipolt learned of the popular uprising that shook the SED dictatorship on June 17, 1953, and was brutally crushed by Soviet troops, by watching West German television. While East German media outlets were silent about the uprising, Ipolt wanted to memorialize it. He wrote &#8216;Long live the 17th of June&#8217; in chalk on the streets of Gotha and ended up in prison for it. <\/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>On December 4, 1989, Andreasstrasse transformed from a site of oppression to a site of liberation. 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