Karlshorst

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Karlshorst is a district in Berlin, Germany, historically notable as the site where Nazi Germany signed its unconditional surrender to the Soviet Union in 1945 and for hosting key Soviet military institutions during the postwar period.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Karlshorst canonical 8
Berlin-Karlshorst 2
Karlshorst racecourse 2

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district of Berlin
locality
alternativeName Berlin-Karlshorst
linked to: Karlshorst
continent Europe
country Germany
dateOfEvent 1945-05-08
1945-05-09
governedBy Borough council of Lichtenberg
hasCharacteristic historically military-administrative center
residential area
hasCommemoration exhibitions on German-Soviet wartime history at German-Russian Museum
memorials related to World War II surrender
hasLandmark German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
building of former German officers’ mess where surrender was signed
hasMuseum German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
historicallyNotableFor end of World War II in Europe
presence of Soviet troops until early 1990s
site of German Instrument of Surrender in 1945
unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union
historicalRole center of Soviet military presence in Berlin after World War II
symbolic site of German–Soviet postwar relations
hosted Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD)
Soviet armed forces institutions during the postwar period
Soviet military headquarters in East Germany
Soviet officers’ housing and facilities
languageUsed German
locatedIn Berlin
German state of Berlin
linked to: State of Berlin

borough of Lichtenberg
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Rummelsburger See
Wuhlheide
partOf Berlin
Lichtenberg
former East Berlin
linked to: East Berlin
postWorldWarIIRole administrative center for Soviet forces in the GDR
seat of Soviet command in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany
transport Karlshorst railway station
urbanDistrictType Ortsteil of Berlin

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karlshorst alternativeName Berlin-Karlshorst
linked to: Karlshorst
Lichtenberg contains Karlshorst locality
linked to: Karlshorst
Friedrichsfelde hasNeighbourhood Karlshorst
subject linked to: Friedrichsfelde locality
Berlin-Lichtenberg hasLandmark Karlshorst racecourse
linked to: Karlshorst
borough of Lichtenberg contains Karlshorst racecourse
linked to: Karlshorst
Rummelsburg locality adjacentTo Karlshorst
Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR headquartersLocation Berlin-Karlshorst
linked to: Karlshorst