Directory of History Museums and Memorials Resources

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This category lists museums, permanent exhibitions, and sites or locations in Berlin that are devoted to historical events or developments.

Resources in This Category

• Anti-War Museum Berlin

  http://www.anti-kriegs-museum.de/english/start1.html
  The Anti-War Museum presents photographs, documents and objects from the First and Second World War. Founded in 1925, it furthers the cause of pacifism. Website includes brief history, background and visitor information (see link 'Impressum').

• Berlin Wall Documentation Center

  http://www.berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de/
  Small museum at the Berlin Wall Memorial Ensemble at Bernauer Strasse; ensemble consists of original stretch of the Wall, complete with technical equipment, the Chapel of Reconciliation, and the documentation site.

• German Historical Museum

  http://www.dhm.de/
  Information about the history of the Zeughaus building, the avantgarde exhibition center by I.M. Pei, and the various exhibitions, collections and departments within the German Historical Museum.

• German Resistance Memorial Center

  http://www.gdw-berlin.de/
  Located in the historic section of the former headquarters of the Army High Command, it documents the failed attempt of Colonel von Stauffenberg and others to assassinate Hitler. It also operates a documentation and memorial center in Berlin-Plötzensee, where 3000 innocent people were executed between 1933-1945 as a result of the Nazi penal and judiciary system.

• German-Russian Museum, Berlin (Karlshorst)

  http://www.museum-karlshorst.de/
  Originally founded in 1967 for the Soviet army stationed in East Germany, the museum commemorates and researches the history of Eastern Europe during the Second World War. English-language summary; limited service information.

• House of the Wannsee Conference - Memorial Center

  http://www.ghwk.de/
  The permanent exhibition documents the Wannsee conference, the events prior to it, and its consequences. It provides basic information on the entire process of the segregation, persecution and genocide of the European Jews by German authorities under the Nazi dictatorship.

• Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

  http://www.stiftung-denkmal.de/
  Built following a 1999 resolution of the German Parliament, the Memorial, located in immediate vicinity of the central Brandenburg Gate, commemorates the victims of the Holocaust. A remarkable symbol for Germany's facing the dark sides of its history.

• Monuments in Berlin

  http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/denkmale_in_berlin/index_en.shtml
  Very list of all the major monuments, historical and archeological sites in Berlin; detailed background information; visitor information and contacts when available.

• Prussian Palaces and Gardens in Berlin and Brandenburg

  http://www.spsg.de/
  Detailed information about the architectural and horticultural monuments, which are typical of Berlin's Prussian heritage. Visitor information about Palaces Charlottenburg (Berlin), Rheinsberg and Potsdam-Sanssouci (both Brandenburg). UNESCO world heritage site.

• The Allied Museum

  http://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/
  The Allied Museum documents the presence of the allied forces (US, France, Britain) in Berlin after World War II. It is a colourful display of the life of West Berliners and allied military personnel between 1945 and the fall of the Berlin wall.

• The Story of Berlin Museum

  http://www.story-of-berlin.de/
  Commercial museum with interactive, hands-on exhibition, video and audio recordings. Emphasis on Berlin as a divided city, 20th-century history. Detailed information for visitors

• Topography of Terror - Exhibition and Documentation Centre

  http://www.topographie.de/
  The Topography of Terror Foundation operates an open-air exhibition on the former site of the Nazi Secret Police, where it documents the crimes carried out during the 'Third Reich'.

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