German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

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The German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst is a historical museum in Berlin dedicated to German-Soviet/Russian relations, especially the Second World War and the German surrender in 1945.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf history museum
memorial site
war museum
admissionFee free
coordinateLocation 52.485°N 13.513°E
country Germany
dedicatedTo German surrender in 1945
German-Russian relations
German-Soviet relations
history of the Second World War
focusesOn civilian experience of war in Eastern Europe
post-war German-Soviet reconciliation
war crimes and occupation policies
formerName Museum of the Unconditional Surrender of Fascist Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
hasCollection documents related to German-Soviet relations
military artifacts from World War II
personal testimonies and oral histories
photographs from the Eastern Front
hasExhibit German military equipment
Soviet military equipment
original surrender room of 8–9 May 1945
hasExhibitionType permanent exhibition
temporary exhibitions
hasVisitorFacility lecture hall
library and archive
museum shop
hasWebsite https://www.museum-karlshorst.de
heritageDesignation listed building
inception 1995
languageOfExhibits English
German
Russian
locatedIn Berlin
Karlshorst
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Berlin-Lichtenberg
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
mainTheme Eastern Front of World War II
memory culture in Germany and Russia
occupation and liberation in Eastern Europe
near Karlshorst S-Bahn station
occupies former officers’ mess of the Wehrmacht pioneer school in Karlshorst
offers educational programs for schools
guided tours
public lectures and events
operator binational German-Russian foundation
partOf museum landscape of Berlin
significantEvent German Instrument of Surrender signing on 8–9 May 1945

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