Today we went on a field trip with our German class. We met at one o'clock and jumped on the M6 tram to Hohenschönhausen, the former secret Stasi prison and detention centre. Entry was €5 and it included a 1,5h guided tour, which we took in English. It felt frustrating that the whole purpose of this evil facility was to interrogate and scare people into confessing crimes against the GDR, many of which were made up. After a trial everyone still ended up in a normal prison or a work camp to serve their sentence. Having just been to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, this just felt so trivial. Plus, I've been to the tiny KGB museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, and it chocked me far more. None the less, it was interesting, our guide was good and I think it was totally worth five euro. It was fun to hang out with my course mates, too. Tomorrow the entire school is going for drinks, because all the four-week-courses are finishing up. On Saturday we are invited to a birthday party, with a new-in-Berlin-crowd, that should be fun!
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