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Museum Haus Am Checkpoint Charlie the Cold War SCHAUPLÄTZE KGB-MUSEUM Moskau Seit 1989 ist die frühere Folter- und Mordzen- trale des Geheimdiens- tes in der berüchtigten Lubjanka als Museum zugänglich. Die KGB- Erben sparen in ihrer Schau allerdings die in- nenpolitischen Untaten des Dienstes aus und beschränken sich auf den 50-jährigen Spio- nagekrieg zwischen der UdSSR und den USA. GEDENKSTÄTTE BERLINER MAUER MUSEUM HAUS AM auch ein gewisser David Eisenhower – Berlin CHECKPOINT CHARLIE Enkel des ehemaligen US-Präsidenten Eröffnet in der Bernauer Straße am Berlin Dwight D. Eisenhower. 9. November 1999 zum 10. Jahrestag des An der einstigen Sektorengrenze konnten www.coldwar.org/museum Mauerfalls. Eine ständige Ausstellung ver- nur Angehörige der westlichen Schutz- deutlicht mit Hilfe von Medien in Deutsch mächte Berlins sowie Ausländer und GEDENKSTÄTTE POINT ALPHA und Englisch den Bau der Berliner Mauer, Diplomaten die Mauer passieren. Das Mu- Geisa/Rhön die Reaktionen in Ost und West und die seum zeigt Hilfsmittel, die Ost-Flüchtlinge Der Beobachtungsstützpunkt „Point Al- Auswirkungen auf den Alltag der Bürger. bei ihrem Weg in den Westen benutzten – pha“ lag bis zum Ende des Kalten Krieges www.berliner-mauer- bis hin zu zwei zusammengeschobenen im Zentrum des sogenannten Fulda Gap dokumentationszentrum.de Koffern, die einem Menschen Platz boten. (Fuldaer Lücke). Hier erwartete die Nato www.mauermuseum.de im Ernstfall die Invasion der Warschauer- GLIENICKER BRÜCKE Pakt-Staaten – und hier wurde ihr Havelufer zwischen Berlin und Potsdam Vorposten auch von der anderen Seite In der Mitte dieser Brücke verläuft die argwöhnisch belauert. Nachdem die Grenze zwischen Berlin und Potsdam – US-Armee den Stützpunkt 1991 auf- und verlief 40 Jahre lang die Grenze gegeben hatte, wurde er ab 1995 in ein zwischen Ost und West. Legendär wurde Museum verwandelt. Mit Wachtürmen, das historische Bauwerk mit der groß- Grenzmarkierungen und einer histo- artigen Aussicht als Ort des Agenten- rischen Ausstellung bleibt das Ensemble austauschs im Kalten Krieg. zur Mahnung erhalten. www.pointalpha.com SCHLOSS CECILIENHOF Potsdam GEDENKSTÄTTE DEUTSCHE TEILUNG Die große Halle im letzten Schlossbau der Marienborn Hohenzollern, den Kaiser Wilhelm II. für Zwischen den Städten Marienborn in der seinen Sohn und dessen Ehefrau Cecilie Gedenkstätte Checkpoint Charlie sowjetischen und Helmstedt in der briti- errichten ließ, beherbergte 1945 die Pots- schen Besatzungszone richteten die Sie- damer Konferenz. In Cecilienhof befahl THE COLD WAR MUSEUM germächte im Juli 1945 den Kontrollpunkt US-Präsident Truman den Abwurf der Fairfax, Virginia, USA Marienborn-Helmstedt ein, der sich bis Atombombe auf Hiroshima. Zu besichti- Die 1996 gegründete Einrichtung soll die 1989 zur größten Übergangsstelle an der gen ist die kostbare Einrichtung, in der Geschichte des Kalten Krieges aufarbeiten innerdeutschen Grenze entwickelte. 1996 Sowjetdiktator Stalin, Truman sowie die und will dessen amerikanische Veteranen wurde auf seinem Gelände die Gedenk- britischen Premiers Churchill und Attlee ehren. Neben vielen historischen Expona- stätte Deutsche Teilung eröffnet. Zu ihr die Aufteilung der Welt besiegelten. Bei ten, zu denen ein Spionagesatellit und ein gehört ein Dokumentations- und Informa- Führungen für Interessierte werden die Stück der Berliner Mauer gehören, sind tionszentrum mit Dauerausstellung. Vorgänge der Potsdamer Konferenz am Dokumente und Berichte von Zeitzeugen www.grenzdenkmaeler.de/index. authentischen Ort dargestellt. einzusehen. Im Beirat des Museums sitzt php?id=11 IMAGO (L.); JEREMY NICHOLL / LAIF (O.) (L.); JEREMY NICHOLL IMAGO 144 spiegel special geschichte 3 | 2008.
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