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Special Thanks Special thanks to: Mrs. Aira Andriksone, Riga, Latvia Mr. Andris Biedrins, Industrial Heritage Trust of Latvia Mr. Peer Henrik Hansen, The Cold War Museum Langelandsfort, Denmark Mrs. Roberta Havran, Nati onal Forti fi cati on Heritage, Norway Mrs. Vilma Juozevičiūtė, The Museum of Genocide Victi ms, Lithuania Mrs. Lidia Klupsz, Nati onal Heritage Board of Poland Mr. Dmitry Kokorin, The Human Right Organisati on MEMORIAL, Moscow, Russia Mrs. Nina Lebedeva, The Danish Cultural Insti tute, St. Petersburg, Russia Mr. Kristjan Luts, The Estonian War Museum - General Laidoner Museum Mr. Thomas Roth, The Nati onal Swedish Museum of Military History Mrs. Audra Sabaliauskienė, The Danish Cultural Insti tute, Lithuania Mrs. Tati ana Shipitsina, Moscow, Russia Memorial in Moscow to the victi ms of the secret Soviet police has been raised by the human rights organisati on MEMORIAL in front of Lubyanka, the headquarter and prison of the police through many years. The stone is from Solovetsky Island by the White Sea, the locati on of one the worst prison camps (later a prison). According to the writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, this camp was the “mother of the GULAGs”. 4
Introduction Get more familiar with your neighbours The main objecti ve of this book is to strengthen mutual understanding between neighbouring countries around the Balti c Sea through an exchange of informati on on their recent history, not least an understanding between the former Soviet countries (and their satellite states) and the western countries. The idea is that history should be told from the historically valuable sites at which historic events took place. So plan a trip to your neighbouring countries and visit the sites and museums that off er informati on on the region’s recent history and experience the historic atmosphere that can be found on the sites. A selection of museums and sites that have an important history to tell The book contains only a selecti on of museums and historically valuable sites that tell the history of the Cold War period from 1945 up to the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. It includes the main museums and sites that have an important history to tell but which, at the same ti me, are deemed likely to be reliable in the future. Many are new and established only since the Soviet Union’s collapse - largely initi ated and driven by enthusiasti c individuals or voluntary organizati ons. It is oft en people, their families or organizati ons that had a hard ti me under the Communist regimes who feel strongly that they have an important story to tell - and they have. Their entrance fees and private contributi ons are usually crucial sources of income. It is hard to say whether they will all survive. Some of the museums and places described in this book will probably therefore close in the coming years. It is therefore recommended to check the museum’s websites in advance. Most of these are listed in the book. The countries and regions covered For East Germany, Poland and Russia, the book covers only the regions near the Balti c Sea. However, the capitals of these countries are also included because of the many sites of nati onal historical importance. Iceland and the Murmansk area are also included, because their post-Second World War history is of special signifi cance to the region. Iceland as a key military monitoring site in the North Atlanti c and the Murmansk area as a Soviet military powerhouse. The history of the balance of power and the Communist regimes The book includes museums and historical sites that tell the history of: • The military situati on, the balance of power, between East (members of the Warsaw Pact) and West (members of NATO and neutral states) • The Communist regimes in the former Soviet Union and its satellite states, including acti viti es relati ng to the independence struggles. This means that the following kinds of site and museum are included (providing they are accessible to the public): • In all countries: military sites, such as missile bases, heavy gun batt eries, underground informati on centres, etc. • In the former Soviet Union and the satellite states: sites connected to the Communist regimes and the period of independence struggles, such as KGB prisons, parti san bunkers, closed military towns, executi on sites or simply sites where historical events took place such as demonstrati ons. About the text Each country is introduced with a brief descripti on of topics from the country’s recent history. Descripti ons of the various museums and sites are given in the form of arti cles, oft en with general informati on. Therefore some factual repeti ti on between the arti cles can be found. It should also be noted that the Balti c States largely had an identi cal post-war history. In the introductory secti on to these countries, it has been decided to illustrate diff erent aspects of the consequences of Soviet infl uence. Nearly all the museums and sites described have cooperated on the texts and provided illustrati ons. Abbreviations. KGB, DDR, NATO etc. The following abbreviati ons are used in general: The Soviet secret police is always described by the lett ers KGB standing for Komitet Gosudarstvennoj Besopasnosti (Committ ee for State Security), although the insti tuti on has, over the years, had diff erent names and abbreviati ons (such as the Cheka, OGPU and NKGB). The two German states that emerged aft er the Second World War are named East Germany and West Germany respecti vely. Their offi cial names are Deutsche Demokrati sche Republic, DDR (German Democrati c Republic) and Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD (Federal Republic of Germany). The Western Allies’ military cooperati on organizati on is always described as NATO, although in the early years this cooperati on was known as the Treaty of Brussels and the North Atlanti c Treaty. 5
Page 1 and 2: TRAVEL GUIDE Traces of the COLD WAR
Page 3: Execution Sites, Secret Police Offi
Page 8 and 9: Content The Cold War Period. Some a
Page 10 and 11: The Cold War Period. Some Aspects i
Page 12 and 13: The Cold War Period. Some Aspects i
Page 14 and 15: Denmark The Second World War. Membe
Page 16 and 17: The Cold War Museum “Langelandsfo
Page 18 and 19: Cold War Museum “Stevnsfort” Fr
Page 20 and 21: Estonia Occupied by Soviet and Nazi
Page 22 and 23: Estonia The collectivisation of Est
Page 24 and 25: Soviet Architecture Examples of arc
Page 26 and 27: Soviet Architecture 24 Top left and
Page 28 and 29: The Museum of Occupation and of The
Page 30 and 31: The Estonian War Museum - General L
Page 32 and 33: KGB Cells Museum Isolati on cells o
Page 34 and 35: KGB Cells Museum 32 A rare and stro
Page 36 and 37: Forest Brothers’ Farm A living me
Page 38 and 39: A Closed Military Town Sillamäe. A
Page 40 and 41: Soviet Naval Nuclear Submarine Trai
Page 42 and 43: Finland The Second World War. Separ
Page 44 and 45: Finland Traces of the Soviet Period
Page 46 and 47: Degerby Igor Museum Both Lena (in t
Page 48 and 49: Germany East Germany or DDR, founde
Page 50 and 51: Berlin The agreement between the Se
Page 52 and 53: Karl-Marx-Allee 50 Karl-Marx-Alle.
Page 54 and 55: The Berlin Wall Documentation Centr
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The Berlin Wall Documentation Centr
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The Marienfelde Refugee Centre Memo
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The Allied Museum The history of th
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The Stasi Museum The most extensive
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The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memori
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Nuclear Bunker and Information Cent
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The Border House The story of the b
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Prora. Holiday Resort and Later Mil
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Documentation Centre for Victims of
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Stasi Remand Prison. Documentation
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The Peenemünde Historical Technica
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Iceland This 1986 map shows the Ice
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The Keflavik Airbase The military c
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Latvia Occupied by Nazi and Soviet
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Latvia The Nati onal Theatre with C
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Memorial Sites and Soviet Traces Me
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Memorial Sites and Soviet Traces Th
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The KGB Building The Corner House.
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Museum of The Occupation of Latvia
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Museum of The Occupation of Latvia
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The Museum of the Barricades of 199
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The Museum of the Popular Front of
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Cattle Wagon Used for Deportations,
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Secret Nuclear Bunker for the Sovie
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A Closed Military Town Liepaja. Hom
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Zeltini Missile Base The nuclear mi
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Secret Soviet Radio Telescope and F
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Lithuania Occupied by Nazi and Sovi
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Imprisoned by the KGB, Deported and
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A Youth Spent in KGB Prisons and GU
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Memorial Sites of the Freedom Demon
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Memorial Sites of the Freedom Demon
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The KGB Building and Prison. The Mu
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The Museum of Genocide Victims The
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Memorial. Execution of Lithuanian P
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Druskininkai Museum of Resistance a
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Druskininkai Museum of Resistance a
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Grutas Park. Soviet Sculptures and
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Reconstructed Siberian Yurt. The Op
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The “ab” Underground Printing H
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Plokstine Missile Base The security
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Norway The Second World War. Invade
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The National Norwegian Aviation Mus
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Oscarsborg Fortress The main task o
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Herdla Torpedo Battery Nazi German
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The Meløyvær Fort A part of the F
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Poland By the end of the Second Wor
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An Unbelievable Life Story from Rec
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Museum of Independence The oppositi
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Museum of Independence “Solidarit
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Museum of X Pavilion, The Warsaw Ci
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The Memorial Museum of Jerzy Popiel
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Colonel Kuklinski Intelligence Muse
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A Former Closed Military Town Close
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Russia Russia and the Soviet Union
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Russia “The Chief Administration
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Levashovo Memorial Cemetery. Burial
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The Anna Akhmatova Museum at The Fo
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Kresty Prison and Psychiatric Clini
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The Military-Historical Museum of A
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Key Buildings from the Communist Er
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Key Buildings from the Communist Er
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Museum of the Human Rights Organisa
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Museum of the Human Rights Organisa
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State GULAG Museum A museum of trag
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Andrei Sakharov. The Archives. The
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Donskoy Cemetery and Crematorium Th
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Butovo Shooting Range. Execution an
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The New Tretyakov Gallery and the
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All-Russian Exhibition Centre Sovie
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The Central Museum of Armed Forces
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Museum of Regional Studies. The Mus
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Sweden The military situation durin
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The Army Museum Sweden’s military
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Arholma North, Arholma Battery A co
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The Hemsö Fortress An old prohibit
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The Rödbergs Fort. A Part of The B
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The Swedish Air Force Museum The Sw
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Aeroseum It is possible to sit in t
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The Military Preparedness Museum Ba
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The Naval Museum The Naval Museum (
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List of Photographers Albinas Kentr
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Albinas Kentra, Lithuania: Front pa
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The Historical Sites. Traces from m
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Nordic Council of Ministers Ved Str
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