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Special guided tour of the open-air exhibition "The German Surrender in May 1945": Faces of Surrender

• Education & Lectures
• Seminare/Workshops/Führungen

The Museum Berlin-Karlshorst is showing the open-air exhibition "The German Surrender in May 1945" in the museum garden. To mark the 81st anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, the special guided tour "Faces of Surrender" will take place through... moreabout: Special guided tour of the open-air exhibition "The German Surrender in May 1945": Faces of Surrender

Date:

Friday, 08/May/2026 11:00 (1 more date)

Venue:

Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Address:

Zwieseler Straße 4, 10318 Berlin-Lichtenberg

© Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Foto: Timofej Melnik

81 years - End of the Second World War in Europe

• Film Events

The unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht to the four victorious powers was signed in the museum building in Berlin-Karlshorst on May 8, 1945. This marked the end of the Second World War in Europe. May 8 marks a central turning point in European... moreabout: 81 years - End of the Second World War in Europe

Date:

Friday, 08/May/2026 10:00

Venue:

Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Address:

Zwieseler Straße 4, 10318 Berlin-Lichtenberg

© Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Foto: Harry Schnitger

Public guided tour Museum Berlin-Karlshorst. Site of the capitulation in May 1945

• Education & Lectures
• Seminare/Workshops/Führungen

The tour provides an overview of the historical site of the surrender on May 8, 1945 and covers the events of the end of the war in 1945. The tour leads through the permanent exhibition "Germany and the Soviet Union in the Second World War", which looks... moreabout: Public guided tour Museum Berlin-Karlshorst. Site of the capitulation in May 1945

Date:

Sunday, 07/June/2026 15:00 (5 more dates)

Venue:

Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Address:

Zwieseler Straße 4, 10318 Berlin-Lichtenberg

© Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Foto: Harry Schnitger

Interactive art installation: Reverberations May 8/9

• Concerts

The interactive art installation "Nachhall 8./9. Mai" by historian Dora Busch and artist Jeremy Knowles looks at the end of the Second World War from different perspectives. Sun sails bring excerpts from the archives into the present and street interviews,... moreabout: Interactive art installation: Reverberations May 8/9

Date:

Friday, 08/May/2026 14:00 (2 more dates)

Venue:

Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Address:

Zwieseler Straße 4, 10318 Berlin-Lichtenberg

© Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Foto: Thomas Bruns

May 8 as a Place of Remembrance. An all-German perspective

• Education & Lectures
• Vorträge

On May 8, the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst is hosting an evening event entitled "May 8 as a Place of Remembrance. An all-German perspective". The focus will be on the question of how the memory of the end of the war differs in East and West Germany, how it... moreabout: May 8 as a Place of Remembrance. An all-German perspective

Date:

Friday, 08/May/2026 19:00

Venue:

Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Address:

Zwieseler Straße 4, 10318 Berlin-Lichtenberg

© Foto/Photo: Thomas Bruns, Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Germany and the Soviet Union in the Second World War 1941-1945

• Exhibitions

The Second World War began on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. It ended in Europe on May 8, 1945, and in Asia on September 2, 1945. Never before were more people killed and greater destruction wrought in a war. This applies in particular... moreabout: Germany and the Soviet Union in the Second World War 1941-1945

© Foto Timofej Melnik, Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

The German Surrender in May 1945

• Exhibitions

On 8 May 1945 World War II ended in Europe with the surrender of the German Wehrmacht in Berlin-Karlshorst. moreabout: The German Surrender in May 1945