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Old print roll from 1821 with views of the avenue Unter den Linden
Deutsches Historisches Museum
The Dying Warriors
The 22 reliefs by Andreas
Schlüter, displayed on the walls
of the courtyard rather than in
one of the museum's exhibitions,
portray the horrors of war in an
unusually imme-
diate way.
Soldiers Plundering
a House
This painting by Sebastian Vrancx,
dating from around 1600, depicts
a scene from the wars of religion
that tore the Netherlands apart
during the 16th century.
Saddle
A valuable saddle, dating
from the middle of the 15th
century, is decorated with
elaborately carved plaques
made of ivory.
Martin Luther
Luther's portrait, by
Lucas Cranach the Elder, is
the focal point of exhibition
rooms devoted to Martin
Luther and the Reformation.
The Berlin Wall
An original section of
the Wall, together with the
banners of a peaceful pro-
unification demonstration in
1989, commemorates the fall of
the Berlin Wall.
Europe and Asia
This group of Meissen
porcelain figures reflects
the fascinating relationship
between the two continents.
Gloria Victis
Statue
Steam Engine
A full-sized steam engine
from the year 1847 marks the
entrance to the exhibition on the
Industrial Revolution.
SS 20 Rocket
In the foyer, an original SS
20 rocket of the former Soviet
Union reminds visitors today of
the perils of the Cold War years
and the attempts to create a so-
called “nuclear equilibrium .
Clothes from the Camps
Among the many exhibits
illustrating the years under Nazi
rule is the jacket of a concentra-
tion camp inmate - a chilling
reminder of the Third Reich.
Gloria Victis
The moving allegorical
figure of Gloria Victis, created
by the French sculptor Antonin
Mercié, bears witness to the
death of a friend during the
final days of the Franco-Prussian
War of 1870-1.
Portrait of Martin Luther in the Zeughaus
For more on Berlin museums
see pp46-7
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