Museum in der Runden Ecke, Leipzig

Based on the volume of documents and unique artefacts piled up here I would love to give a higher score but an exhibition as analogue as this don't deserve more in 2022 (even if we consider the time travel starting right at the entrance with the cumbersome process of the ticket purchase - strictly with cash). A huge pile of documentation was cramped into these handful of rooms, one can borrow (that's practically the entrance fee) an audioguide, which tries to ... Well.. guide and put into context this enormous amount of information installed on the walls and in cases. There supposed to be some sort of storyline but it's loosely enforced and feels a bit random - probably the English guide couldn't cover every detail available on display - almost exclusively in German only. Still remembering these times, the involuntary time travel made a heavy impression but the whole exhibition cries for a rework - maybe a tad bit less information with greater focus and accentuation would help to understand even for the younger generations how Stasi became this powerful & frightful machine by the time of the Berlin wall's fall. Definitely worth a (2 hours) visit.

A must visit in Leipzig. An eye-opener about the Stasi activity here. I learned a lot here today. It's cheap. Marvelous how they used so much authentic material here

Excellently conservation of tragedy. You really can't miss this when in Leipzig. A showcase of the German fight for freedom and reunion and how a regime was trying to stop it.

An Ecke can't be Runde. Morons! Very cool authentic gear from real DDR stasi operations. The museum isn't super big, not well ventilated, and all text is in German, but you get access to an audio guide in English if you ask at the reception.

Very interesting (and scary at the same time). Fantastic collection of items, with a chilly feeling of authenticity where a snapshot were made in 1989 of the evil deeds of the STASI. Even with my basic knowledge in German (native Swedish speaker) it was fascinating to read reports about school pupils who had showed signs of being "free thinkers" and how the state should deal with this problem... Audioguide available in several languages, which presents the exhibition well even if you don't know German.