Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst

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The Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst was the command center in Berlin where the German Instrument of Surrender was signed in May 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical building
military headquarters
alsoKnownAs Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst
surface form: Soviet Headquarters Karlshorst

Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst
surface form: Soviet Military Administration headquarters in Karlshorst
architecturalStyle brick building
category Buildings and structures in Berlin
Soviet military history
World War II museums in Germany
cityDistrictOf East Berlin
commandedBy Georgy Zhukov
country Soviet Union
currentUse German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
museum
dateOfEvent 8 May 1945
era Cold War
World War II
exhibitsFocus German-Soviet wartime history
history of the Eastern Front in World War II
garrison Red Army
hasLanguageOfExhibits English
German
Russian
heritageDesignation historical monument
locatedIn East Berlin
surface form: Berlin

Germany
locatedInDistrict Lichtenberg
location Karlshorst
memorialFor victims of World War II
occupyingPower Soviet Union
openedToPublicAsMuseum after German reunification
partOf Allied occupation of Germany
surface form: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
postWarUse administrative center for Soviet forces in East Germany
headquarters of Soviet Military Administration in Germany
relatedConflict European theatre of World War II
surface form: World War II in Europe
relatedEvent end of World War II in Europe
significance site of unconditional surrender of German armed forces in Europe
significantEvent German Instrument of Surrender
surface form: German Instrument of Surrender of 8 May 1945
surrenderRepresentedAlly France
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
surrenderSignedBy representatives of the Allied powers
representatives of the German High Command
usedFor administration of Soviet occupation forces in Germany
military command

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German Instrument of Surrender locationBerlinSigning Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst
Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst alsoKnownAs Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst
this entity surface form: Soviet Headquarters Karlshorst
Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst alsoKnownAs Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst
this entity surface form: Soviet Military Administration headquarters in Karlshorst