The permanent exhibition documents the criminal German warfare and occupation as well as Soviet society during the war.

It shows the war from the perspective of both the German and the Soviet actors. In addition to texts, historical photos, everyday objects and written documents, the exhibition presents people who became victims or perpetrators.

Currently without end date

Open-air exhibition in the museum garden on the history of the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht to the four victorious powers of the Soviet Union, USA, Great Britain and France on 8 May 1945 in Berlin-Karlshorst.

The exhibition Rift through Europe looks at the immediate consequences that the conclusion of the Hitler-Stalin Pact had for the countries of Eastern Central Europe. With its focus not only on the history of the event but also on remembrance, it provides access to the debates on the perception of the history of the Second World War in Europe. It contributes to the understanding of different positions and shows how important it is to deal with the history of East Central Europe in order to understand the European conflicts of the present.

In her exhibition HAPPY NEW YEAR – an audiovisual art installation – artist and documentary film director Jelena Jeremejewa brings together New Year’s speeches by heads of government from the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Germany and the USA.

With the speeches, which date from 1982 to the present day, Jelena Jeremejewa addresses the change in political verbalisations of reality. She shows how communities and spaces are dissolved and redesigned through words of power.