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'Hoheneck Women's Prison' in Stollberg/Saxony- the medieval castle is the most notorious women's prison in the GDR. Up to 23,000 women were imprisoned here until the end of the GDR. Imprisoned were murderers, mentally ill women and women imprisoned for political reasons. They all had to do forced labour: they sewed tights and bed linen for the GDR, which then sold them to large companies in the West for foreign currency. They all profited from forced labour in GDR prisons: Aldi, Quelle, C&A, Neckermann, Karstadt. The cross-media project goes in search of traces of these dirty deals. Five former political prisoners talk about their time in Hoheneck: of beatings, lack of sleep, hunger and forced labour, but also about their arrest, lost time and a life after Hoheneck.