This tour of scenes from Stealing The Future visits the Rummelsburg Prison, where Chris Fremdiswalde, the main suspect in the Maier case was held, then on to the Klingenberg Power Station, a trip to KWO and then to Karlshorst, where the Russians had their main base in Berlin, continuing, by way of Friedrichsfelde (where Fremdiswalde had a flat) to the Stasi HQ in Lichtenberg.
Allow 6 hours, less if you don’t wish to visit the museums.
Walking distance: 1.3 Miles (2.15km) in Rummelsburg; an optional 3/4 Mile km near KWO plus 3/4 Mile (1.25km) in Karlshorst; 4 hrs.
Cycling distance: 20 km/13 Miles.
Time: 2 hrs plus time to visit museums.
Start: Rummelsburg S-Bahn station;
End: Stasi HQ, near Magdalenenstrasse U-Bahn station. Continue reading “Tour 2 – Prisons, Factories, Russians and the Stasi”