Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

With this act of ratification in Karlshorst of the instrument of surrender signed the day before in Rheims, World War II came to an end in Europe.

From 1967 to 1994 the building contained a branch of the “Central Museum of Armed Forces Moscow” featuring the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.

The permanent exhibition, which attracts about 40,000 visitors annually, conveys on approximately 1,000 square meters an impression of the history of German-Soviet relations from 1917 to 1990.

By means of its exhibits and public events the museum strives to create a space for a critical analysis of history, for education, for encounters, and for increased understanding between Germans and Russians.

A museum celebration takes place annually on May 8, the date World War II ended in Europe.

Additional board members include representatives of the Great Patriotic War Museums in Minsk and Kyiv.

Museum Berlin-Karlshorst exterior
Soviet bas-relief sculpture in the museum
Marshal Georgy Zhukov reading the German capitulation in Berlin . Seated on his right is Arthur Tedder , Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Eisenhower's deputy for the Western Headquarters.