{"id":26689,"date":"2025-04-11T16:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=26689"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:14:43","slug":"80th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwii-2","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/projects\/80th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"80th Anniversary of the End of WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"block block-anchor-nav\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 block-anchor-nav-buttons web-view\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button-rectangle button-border\" href=\"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/projects\/80th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwii\/\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"button-label\">www.80jahrekriegsende.berlin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"button-icon icon-external\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 block-anchor-nav-buttons mobile-view\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button-rectangle button-border\" href=\"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/projects\/80th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwii\/\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"button-label\">www.80jahrekriegsende.berlin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"button-icon icon-external\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-11\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\" data-motion-text='{\"child\":\".block-headline-motion\",\"threeD\":true}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class='block-headline-motion'  aria-label=\"80th Anniversary of the End of WWII \u2013 Liberation of Europe from National Socialism \">80th Anniversary of the End of WWII \u2013 Liberation of Europe from National Socialism <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>8 May 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. As the capital of the Third Reich, the city of Berlin surrendered on 2 May 1945. Six days later, the guns fell silent across all of Europe. The unconditional capitulation of the Wehrmacht and the occupation of Germany made it possible to forge a path to peace.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Berlin will commemorate the 8th of May with a unique, one-off public holiday. In honour of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Europe from National Socialism, the city is organising a week-long programme of over 100 events to be held throughout the city from 2 to 11 May 2025.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy align-left\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row middle-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-5 padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_681bdacad09b4\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-300x202.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":202,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":14532},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-1024x689.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":689,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":119237},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-150x101.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":101,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":4556},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-768x516.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":516,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":72963},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-1536x1033.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1033,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":237535},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-2048x1377.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1377,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":392621},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-440x296.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":296,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":27667},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-580x390.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":390,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":45177},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-720x484.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":484,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":65411},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-1280x861.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":861,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":173283},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12-1920x1291.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1291,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":350116},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Design-ohne-Titel12.jpg\",\"width\":2400,\"height\":1614}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Verletzte Menschen werden auf der Stra\\u00dfe Unter den Linden 1945 behandelt, inmitten von zerst\\u00f6rten Geb\\u00e4uden.\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"https:\\\/\\\/23700fd0.delivery.rocketcdn.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Trailer abspielen\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%; \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">&copy; Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Sammlung Iwan Schagin<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1 padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the heart of this week of events is an <strong>open-air exhibition titled \u00bb\u2026 Peace at last?!\u00ab<\/strong>, which will be on display on Pariser Platz from 2 to 11 May 2025. The exhibition paints an historically precise picture of the liberation of Europe from National Socialism, which required the complete military defeat of Germany, the surrender of the Wehrmacht and the subsequent occupation of the entire country. What happened in the final days of the war? What did the end of the war mean for people at the time? And what were the far-reaching consequences of the defeat of Nazi Germany?<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition was curated by the <strong>Permanent Conference of Nazi Memorials in Berlin<\/strong> and is being presented as an open-air exhibition by Kulturprojekte Berlin.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy align-right\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row middle-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-5 first-md col-md-offset-1 padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the first highlights of the week-long programme of events will be the <strong>world premiere of \u00bbBefreiung\u00ab<\/strong> (Liberation), an oratorio composed by Marc Sinan and performed by artists and ensembles from six different European countries at the Akademie der K\u00fcnste on 2 May 2025. Sinan\u2019s composition is based on the memories of Holocaust survivors and victims of Nazi persecution.<\/p>\n<p>The composer\u2019s immersive sound installation also conveys a powerful musical message in support of peace and tolerance. He draws on the biographies of survivors of the Second World War and blends them into his composition to create a striking interplay of sound. Five large-scale speaker-sculptures will provide listeners with a 360-degree acoustic experience. 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