Genscher-Haus, Historical museum in Reideburg district, Halle, Germany.
The Genscher-Haus is the late-classical birthplace of Hans-Dietrich Genscher at Schönnewitzer Straße 9a in Halle's Reideburg district, built in 1865/66. Since 2010 it has housed the Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte Deutsche Einheit, and since December 2012 the permanent exhibition "Einheit in Freiheit".
The house was built in 1865/66 as a late-classical residence in Reideburg and stood empty for many years. From 2008 it was restored with donations, with Cornelia Pieper among the initiators. In 2010 it opened as the Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte Deutsche Einheit, and in December 2012 the permanent exhibition "Einheit in Freiheit" followed.
The permanent exhibition "Einheit in Freiheit" opened in December 2012 and was shaped by the Archive of Liberalism of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit. Its sections cover the traditions of liberalism in Germany, the division of Germany and Europe after the Nazi dictatorship, the peaceful revolution of 1989/90, and the path to the EU's eastern enlargement. The house is run by the FDP-linked Erhard-Hübener-Stiftung.
The house stands at Schönnewitzer Straße 9a in the Reideburg district of Halle, in the eastern part of the city. The building was renovated from 2008 with the help of donations, among them initiatives by Cornelia Pieper. Visitors should check the current opening times of the education and meeting centre before setting out.
The museum displays a facsimile of the Two-plus-Four Treaty, the legal document that established the framework for German reunification in 1990. This piece shows how a single signing changed the history of an entire nation.
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