In March, Mr. Hauswaldt’s history course visited the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial, also known as the "Stasi Prison." From 1945 to 1946, before the Ministry for State Security (commonly known as the “Stasi”) took over the site, the building was used by the Soviet secret service. This occurred after the Soviets seized the site in May 1945, which had housed a large kitchen operated by the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV) since 1939. The Soviets established what was known as Special Camp No. 3. By November 1946, the camp held over 4,200 people at once in extremely cramped conditions, with catastrophic hygiene, insufficient food, and poor medical care. Most prisoners were (alleged) members of the NSDAP and other representatives of the Nazi regime, but also included so-called saboteurs, spies, and terrorists.
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