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The German Historical Museum (German: Deutsches Historisches Museum ), known by the acronym DHM, is a museum in Berlin, Germany devoted to German history. It describes itself as a place of "enlightenment and understanding of the shared history of Germans and Europeans". It is often viewed as one of the most important museums in Berlin and is ...
1883 to 1945: From Hall of Fame to Heap of Ruins. Opened in 1883, the royal Prussian army museum glorified the rulers and military history of the Hohenzollerns. Exhibits included medieval weapons and armour, historic cannons and fortress models, and uniforms of the army of Frederick the Great.
Travel back in time through German history since 1945: Our exhibition starts with the post-War years, new beginnings and the division of Germany. Why did the Cold War come about? How did the two Germanies develop and what links existed between West Germany and Communist East Germany?
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In his government statement of October 13, 1982, right after taking office, Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl called for a collection of German history and the German division after 1945. He presented plans to establish a museum of German history in West Berlin, to be complemented by a House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn ...
After German reunification, the Armory and the collections of the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte (MfDG) became the property of the German Historical Museum (DHM), which had been founded 3...
The Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) is Germany’s national historical museum. Located in Berlin’s historic district of Mitte, it sees itself as a place for strengthening historical judgement, where overarching philosophical, ethical and historical questions are negotiated. The Deutsches Historisches Museum was ...
in Documents and Images. German History in Documents and Images (GHDI) is an online collection of primary-source materials documenting various aspects of German history from the Early Modern period to the present. The project consists of ten chronologically ordered volumes, each of which features a large selection of carefully chosen texts and ...
