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Deutsch-Russisches Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
With the stroke of a pen WWII ended on 8
May 1945 with the signing of the German surrender at this former seat of the Soviet Milit-
ary Administration.
Schloss Cecilienhof
The Potsdam Conference brought Stalin, Truman and Attlee to this
pretty palace to divvy Germany up into four occupation zones between 17 July and 2
August 1945.
Best for Architecture
Märkisches Museum
This imposing red-brick pile is a clever mashup of actual historic
buildings from the surrounding state of Brandenburg.
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Highlights of this ex-armoury are the baroque dying-warri-
or sculptures in the courtyard and the modern annexe by IM Pei.
Jüdisches Museum
Daniel Libeskind's structures are never just buildings, they're also mov-
ing metaphors, as beautifully illustrated by Berlin's Jewish Museum.
