The Museum Karlshorst was built in 1935
by the Nazis and was used as a military collage for engineers during the war. The
dining hall in this building was where the document was signed that ended the
war. This location was chosen because the building was in good condition and
had electricity. After the war was over the building was occupied by the
Russian army until 1994. This was a few years after the wall came down but this
was because there was nowhere for them to live back in Russia yet. During the
Russians time in this building they used it as a museum as well. After they
left, the current museum (which is now German-Russian) kept some of the
displays that the Russians had such as the dates and large star in the entrance
to the main exhibits as well as the diorama of the storming of the Reischtag. What
really impressed me about this museum is how the tour itself was given, even
though we started from the end of the war it all still made sense. The tour guide was very informative and it
seemed as though he had a very emotional connection to some of the stories he
told. It was also nice to see that the building is well taken care of as well
as the grounds around the museum where the tanks on display are situated.
2 comments:
Honestly, when we first were introduced to our tour guide, I thought he was tired and essentially just doing the tour because it was his job. He seemed to sigh a lot and was rather unenthused about the entire notion of having to do a tour. However, the second we left that first room, a completely different side of him showed. He appeared to care very deeply for the story that he was telling, and that made the exhibit much more interesting to me. I feel that just because of him, I took more out of this museum than I would have if he hadn't cared as much as he did.
I agree. The tour guide's emotion definitely helped me to get more out of the exhibit. I found the same thing at Die Wiesenburg.
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