Anti-Kriegs-Museum

Anti-Kriegs-Museum review

The original Anti-War Museum was founded in 1925 by Ernst Friedrich, author of War Against War. In 1933, it was destroyed by the Nazis, and Friedrich fled to Brussels. There he had another museum from 1936 to 1940, when the Nazis again destroyed his work. In 1982, a group of teachers including Tommy Spree, grandson of Ernst Friedrich, re-established this museum in West Berlin. It now hosts films, discussions, lectures and exhibitions, as well as a permanent display including World War I photos and artefacts from the original museum, children's war toys, information on German colonialism in Africa and pieces of anti-Semitic material from the Nazi era. Exhibitions are only in German; however, you can call ahead to arrange a tour in English with Spree. Though admission is free, donations are welcome.