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Schwerin ([ʃvɛˈʁiːn] or [ʃvəˈʁiːn], Mecklenburgian Swerin, Latin Suerina) is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population is 98,000 as of July 2016.
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1. Freilichtmuseum fur Volkskunde Schwerin-Muess
2. Dokumentationszentrum Demmlerplatz
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The Documentation Centre for the victims of the dictatorships in Germany is part of the National Agency for Civic Education in Mecklenburg Western Pomerania and was opened in 2001. It is located in a part of the former prison building in the judicial complex (built in 1916) at Demmlerplatz in Schwerin. The thematic focus of the Documentations Centre is to document the history of political persecution in the region. There is a three-part permanent exhibition showing on each floor of the former prison building the different dimension of judicial and extrajudicial persecution: 1.) Justice and terror under the Nazis in Mecklenburg (1933–1945) 2.) Justice and occupying arbitrariness in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1945–1953) 3.) State Security and justice in the north of the GDR (1949–1989) Guided tours and study days will be arranged by appointment (minimum number of participants 10 and more).
