Two places that are barely visible.


Two places that are barely visible.
A story that continues to resonate today.

Two prisons in the heart of the city where, during the GDR era, people were incarcerated for various reasons. One remains, hidden inside an administrative building. The other has disappeared.

The remand prison on Keibelstraße and the women’s prison Barnimstraße tell the story of a system that determined who belonged and who did not, what was permitted and what was punished. It is about deviation and conformity, about control, about decisions that are not made freely.

And about the questions that remain: What is worth remembering? What remains? And what disappears?

On Keibelstraße, the rooms still stand—cells, hallways, doors—a building from 1951, right in the middle of the city. On Barnimstraße, nothing remains; the prison from 1864 was demolished. An artistic audio tour guides you into the women’s experiences: their voices, their thoughts, their decisions.

Over the course of about 120 minutes, you’ll move between these two places, between what is hidden and what has vanished, between what was and what remains.

Tour in German.

Location:
Lernort Keibelstraße
c/o Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie
Bernhard-Weiß-Straße 6
10178 Berlin

Meeting point at the entrance of Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie
End: Barnimstraße, Verkehrsschule Friedrichshain, Weinstraße 2, 10249 Berlin.

The event is free. 

The second part of the tour takes place outdoors; the audio guide is available only in German; the tour is accessible to people with disabilities. Please note that we will be walking a distance of about one kilometer during the tour.