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A
story
of
escape
and
suppression
-
today
the
Erinnerungsstätte
Notaufnahmelager
Marienfelde
is
a
museum
and
memorial.
It
tells
the
story
of
millions
of
East
Germans
who
make
their
way
to
the
Federal
Republic
in
the
West.
Marienfelde
is
the
first
station
in
The
Golden
West
for
many
refugees
at
the
time.
On
historic
ground,
the
museum
displays
more
than
900
documents
and
original
artefacts.
Learn
about
adventurous
escape
attempts
and
what
moved
these
people
to
flee.
At
the
end
of
the
1940s,
more
and
more
East
Germans
are
already
arriving
in
West
Berlin.
With
little
living
space,
migration
after
the
war
soon
becomes
a
problem.
Finally,
in
1953
an
emergency
reception
centre
is
established
at
Marienfelde.
The
building
almost
fills
up
within
the
first
year.
After
the
fall
of
the
Wall,
German
citizens
from
the
former
Soviet
Union
arrive
here,
in
the
same
way
refugees
from
the
Middle
East
and
Africa
have
since
2010.
At
the
same
time,
the
Notaufnahmelager
Marienfelde
memorial
is
resurrected
to
remember
escapees
from
the
GDR.
The
permanent
exhibition,
located
in
this
historic
building,
displays
escape
plans
and
routes
many
took
to
start
anew
in
West
Germany.
You
begin
inside
the
simple
administration
building
you'll
see
objects
left
behind
by
refugees,
such
as
a
radio
from
the
1960s.
Refugees'
cases
illustrate
how
little
people
can
take
with
them
on
their
departure.
Newspaper
reports
and
photo
archives
recall
the
tension
and
turmoil
of
these
years.
Get
an
impression
of
what
it
means
to
leave
everything
behind
through
photos,
audio
and
video
witness
reports.
You'll
also
get
to
know
returnees
and
their
reasons
for
coming
back
to
East
Germany.
You
will
then
enter
a
fully
reconstructed
refugee
home.
The
austere
interior
vividly
shows
the
spaces
that
refugees
at
that
time
have
available
to
them.
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