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Two tours on 9 May 2025 provide an overview of the historic site of the surrender.
3 pm – Guided tour in German
3:30 pm – Guided tour in Russian
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The Second World War in Europe ended in the building of the Berlin-Karlshorst Museum on the night of 8 to 9 May 1945. 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of this historic event.
The museum is organising a special programme to mark the occasion.
Free entry.
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Jeden 1. Sonntag im Monat um 15 Uhr findet eine öffentliche Führung durch das Museum Berlin-Karlshorst statt.
Die Führung bietet einen Überblick über den historischen Ort der Kapitulation am 8. Mai 1945 und über die gesamte Dauerausstellung Deutschland und die Sowjetunion im Zweiten Weltkrieg.
To book an individual guided tour in English, please contact kontakt(at)museum-karlshorst.de
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Event series “Writing (hi)stories: The Second World War in Literature and Science”
in cooperation with the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
With:
Viktor Funk, journalist and author. In his novel Wir verstehen nicht, was geschieht, he tells the story of Lev Mischenko, a survivor of Nazi camps and the Soviet gulag system, and the challenges, traumas and relationships that have emerged from this past.
Felicitas Fischer von Weikersthal is an Eastern European historian specialising in Gulag Studies. In her research and teaching she has dealt with the history of Soviet forced labour camps as well as with the cultures of remembrance in the Russian Federation and Europe.
Moderation: Dr Nina Frieß, Research Associate at the Centre for East European and International Studies
Musical accompaniment: Izabella Goldstein, singer
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Lecture and discussion evening
The Second World War did not begin and end at the same time or in the same way everywhere. This event takes a global look at the chronology, dynamics and consequences of the war, in particular the role of the Soviet Union, China and Japan.
With:
Andreas Renner (University of Munich)
Hideto Tsuboi (Waseda University, Japan)
Moderation: Jörg Morré (Museum Berlin-Karlshorst)
Free entry.
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The event will be held in German. Simultaneous translation into English will be provided.
Event series “Writing (hi)stories: The Second World War in Literature and Science”
Venue: Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
With:
Vytene Muschick, translator of Dalia Grinkevičiūtė Aber der Himmel – grandios
Jurga Vilė, author of Siberian Haiku
Dr Félix Krawatzek, political scientist at the Centre for East European and International Studies and PI of the ERC project MoveMeRU. He will talk about research that has analysed how memories of expulsion and deportation are passed on between generations in Estonia.
Free entry.
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Buchpräsentation in Kooperation mit der Topographie des Terrors
Veranstaltungsort: Topographie des Terrors
Teilnahme vor Ort oder im Livestream möglich: http://www.topographie.de/livestream/
Mit:
- Prof. Dr. Jochen Hellbeck, New Brunswick
- Dr. Jörg Morré
Der Eintritt ist frei.
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Event series ‘Writing History – writing stories: The Second World War in Literature and Science’
in cooperation with the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
With:
- Irene Langemann, Filmmaker and writer whose biographical experiences as a cross-border traveller between Russia and Germany shape her creative work. She is the author of the novel Das Gedächtnis der Töchter.
- Dr. Alina Bothe, Project Manager #LastSeen: Images of Nazi Deportations, Selma Stern Centre for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg, Freie Universität Berlin
- Dr. Jörg Morré, Director of Museum Berlin-Karlshorst (Moderation)
- Women’s vocal ensemble „Tsangala“
Free entry
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–> The event will be interpreted simultaneously into Russian and German.
Lecture and discussion
as part of the program accompanying the exhibition “Rift through Europe. The consequences of the Hitler-Stalin Pact”
With
Oleg Lutohin (ZOiS Center for East European and International Studies, Berlin)
Alexey Uvarov (University Bonn)
Dr. Heike Winkel (Project Group Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe of the Federal Agency for Civic Education)
Moderation
Dr. Jörg Morré (Museum Berlin-Karlshorst)
Free entry.
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The event will be interpreted simultaneously into English and German.
Lecture and discussion
as part of the programme accompanying the exhibition “Rift through Europe. The consequences of the Hitler-Stalin-Pact”
With
Prof. Dr. Karsten Brüggemann (University of Tallinn, Estonia)
Edgars Engizers (University of Latvia / Riga College of Law)
Dr. Liucija Vervečkienė (University of Vilnius, Lithuania)
Moderation
Christoph Meißner (Museum Berlin-Karlshorst)