It is said that he who is not willing to learn from history is condemned to repeat it.
The Anti-Kriegs-Museum (Anti-War Museum) is a place where documents about war events and peace work are collected, evaluated and exhibited. Members of the Anti-Kriegs-Museum spread pacifism by peace education, especially by work with youth groups and school classes, readings, cinema shows, etc. The museum works together with other pacifist groups worldwide.
The pacifist and anti-fascist Ernst Friedrich founded the first Anti-War Museum in 1925. He had collected war material and photos of WW1 and exhibited them to show the horrors of war. In 1933 Nazi storm troopers destroyed the museum and turned it into one of their locations. Ernst Friedrich opened the second Anti-War Museum in Brussel (Belgium) in 1936, but this was destroyed by German troops in 1940. The third and current Anti-War Museum was set up by a group of teachers headed by Tommy Spree, grandson of Ernst Friedrich, in 1982.
The Anti-War Museum shows mainly historical material, some original pieces from Ernst Friedrich’s first museum, donated and lent pieces from WW1 and WW2 and a fully equipped air-raid shelter. Current exhibitions of atomic and chemical warfare and mine fields are also presented.
The Anti-Kriegs-Museum current exhibitions are included in our exhibitions section.
Address
Brusseler Strasse 21
13353, Berlin, Germany
www.anti-kriegs-museum.de
anti-kriegs-museum@gmx.de
Opening hours
Monday – Sunday 16.00 – 20.00h
