Allied Museum
The Allied Museum is a museum in Berlin . It documents the commitment and role of the Western Allies in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin from 1945 to 1994 and their contribution to Berlin's freedom. They included the victorious powers of World War II, the USA , Great Britain and France (also known as the " Western Powers "), which were in the East-West conflict against the Soviet Union . The museum was opened in 1998 in the presence of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl .
Location and structure
The museum at Clayallee 135 in the Dahlem district ( Steglitz-Zehlendorf district ) of the former American sector is housed in the former US soldiers' cinema Outpost and the former Nicholson library . Entry is free.
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The first part of the permanent exhibition is located in the former US soldiers' cinema. The focus here is on the period from the end of World War II to the airlift in 1948/1949. Among other things, maps of Berlin with the planned sector division, pictures of the invasion of Berlin, uniforms, historical signs, first Berlin daily newspapers, documents on denazification and CARE packages are shown . The depiction of the airlift, through which the Allies supplied the population with food, medicine and fuel during the blockade of West Berlin in 1948/1949, takes up a lot of space. Lectures, readings and film screenings also take place regularly in the former soldiers' cinema.
The Nicholson Memorial Library building houses the second part of the permanent exhibition. Everyday life in the American, British and French garrisons and the situation during the Cold War are in the foreground. One of the impressive exhibits is the restored segment of the well-known spy tunnel, which was built in the early 1950s by the American and British intelligence service between West and East Berlin to tap the Soviet communication lines. In addition, the fall of the wall , the assessment of the political situation by the western allies and the contribution of the Americans, British and French to the freedom of Berlin are discussed. Temporary exhibitions on thematic focuses with current relevance are also shown here.
The larger objects, for example a British Handley Page Hastings T.Mk.5 transport aircraft , the railway wagon of a French military train, the last guard house from the Checkpoint Charlie checkpoint and a GDR border control tower are on display in the open-air area .
A British training aircraft of the type Chipmunk T.10 "WG466", which was once stationed in Gatow at the RAF Gatow Station Flight, is on loan at the Gatow Military History Museum.
Currently not on display are u. a. a US helicopter of the type Bell UH-1H 67-17305 "Spirit of Steinstücke", an observation aircraft of the French army aviation of the type Cessna O-1 Birddog , a French main battle tank of the type AMX-30 , a US main battle tank of the type M48 Patton and numerous other vehicles.
Porter and management
The museum has the legal form of a non-profit association; Its members are the Federal Republic of Germany, the State of Berlin, France, Great Britain and the USA as well as the German Historical Museum Berlin and the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich . The museum has an annual budget of one million euros. Helmut Trotnow headed the museum until 2010, then the historian Gundula Bavendamm . After their departure, their previous permanent representative, Bernd von Kostka, took over the provisional management of the house in early 2016.
In November 2017, the historian and director of the Willy Brandt House Lübeck , Jürgen Lillteicher , was appointed as the new director. He took office on March 1, 2018.
Sculpture Fall of the Wall
Near the Allied Museum on Clayallee, the sculpture The Day the Wall Came Down by the American Veryl Goodnight commemorates the epoch-making event of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Five wild horses jump over the remains of the wall on the ground.
future
In November 2015, the budget committee of the Bundestag announced that the federal government is providing 27.1 million euros for the relocation of the Allied Museum from Dahlem to Tempelhof. This move should be completed by 2020/2021. Currently (as of November 2019) the future of the museum is unclear.
See also
literature
- Andreas W. Daum : Kennedy in Berlin. Politics, culture and emotions in the Cold War . Schöningh, Paderborn 2003, ISBN 3-506-71991-2
- William Durie: British Garrison in Berlin 1945–1994 . Past Publishing, Berlin undated, ISBN 978-3-86408-068-5 .
- William Durie: The United States Garrison Berlin 1945–1994: Mission Accomplished . ISBN 978-1-63068-540-9 .
- Arno Helwig, among others: The Americans in divided Berlin. Searching for clues in the southwest of the city . ISBN 978-3-86153-972-8 .
- Udo Wetzlaugk: The Allies in Berlin. Arno Spitz, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-87061-305-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The History of the Allied Museum. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
- ↑ Designed by Dagmar Weiß and students of the John F. Kennedy School
- ^ Allied Museum (ed.): Guide through the exhibition and open-air site. Leaflet in German, approx. 2011.
- ↑ Homepage of the Federal Government's Press and Information Office of November 8, 2017: Allied Museum Berlin gets a new director , accessed on November 11, 2017
- ↑ Despite refugees: Allied Museum moves to Tempelhof. In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 14, 2015.
- ↑ From Dahlem to Tempelhof: Allied Museum wants to hangar In: Der Berliner Kurier , November 11, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 21 ″ N , 13 ° 16 ′ 21 ″ E