The exhibition entitled “Exhibiting Violence” for the Crimes of the National Socialists is presented by the German Historical Museum of Berlin from 24.05 to 23.11.2025. “How did post -war societies manage the experience of violence and extinction caused by World War II and the violent occupation of large parts of Europe by national socialist Germany?” This crucial question is raised by the German Historical Museum of Berlin (DHM), which presents the General Exhibition on Saturday.05.2025 on Saturday.05.2025. This is the content of six reports presented between 1945 and 1948 in London, Paris, Warsaw, Libez and Bergen-Belzen over the crimes of the National Socialists.

About 360 exhibits are presented in 400 square meters. These include viewing boards and visitors books from the exhibitions of that time. Films and audio recording the reactions of visitors of the time. Also, interviews with experts who are associates of the Museum are presented.

Germany’s historical responsibility

The president of the German Historical Museum of Berlin, Rafael Gross, stressed that the violence of the German occupation has left deep traces in European countries. “Many of the crimes are little known in Germany,” he says, adding that “the reminder of these violent crimes is part of Germany’s historical responsibility and a prerequisite for dealing with the present.”

The various reports on the crimes committed by the Nazis shortly after World War II were a pan -European phenomenon, according to museum officials. Most of them were set up by victims of Nazi persecutions and survivors of the Holocaust.

Information on the museum

The exhibition entitled “Exhibiting Violence” lasts until November 23 and is framed by an extensive accompanying program with lectures and guided tours. It is carried out in collaboration with the “Documentation Center for World War II and the German occupation in Europe”. Between 1939 and 1945, Germany caused untold pain and disasters, while scattering death in large parts of Europe. About 230 million people in more than 30 countries lived under German occupation. The consequences of violence are still noticeable. The German Federal Parliament decided on October 9, 2020, the creation of a Documentation Center in Berlin and commissioned the German Historical Museum its implementation.

Finally, the German Historical Museum in Berlin is the National Historical Museum of Germany and is one of the largest historical museums in the world. It was founded in 1987 on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city of Berlin.

Sources: DPA, DHM