German Federal Archives

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In a space where countless documents pile up along iron corridors, white paper bearing Lenin's face glints in the darkness. Secret documents produced under Stalin's regime still lose none of their weight, whispering as ever between the concrete walls. The long corridor crossing through the building seems to preserve the weight of the past intact, revealing the identity of history with every step. On one floor, photographs fill the space, showing how the Soviet communist regime was formed. On another, documents symbolizing the fall of the Russian Empire and the birth of the Soviet Union keep their silence like discarded paper. This space, where time has stopped, moves the hearts of those who cannot forget the past.