Overview

• The CDU-Fraktion suggested the U-Bahnhof Magdalenenstraße carry the name ‘Campus der Demokratie’ to spotlight its function as a democratic learning hub.
• The station’s proximity to the former Stasi headquarters and its investigative prison makes its name a powerful reminder of state repression.
• Supporters say a new name would reflect the venue’s evolution into a national platform for exhibitions, archives and public engagement on Germany’s authoritarian past.
• Stasimuseum director Sven Behrend argues the existing name is central to Lichtenberg’s community identity and changing it would weaken decades of local remembrance work.
• With no final decision yet, debate continues as federal, state and district officials advance the broader Campus der Demokratie development.