Cold War

The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia preserves the national memory, memorial and the long term historical story of the fate of the Latvian state, people and land while under the control of two occupying totalitarian powers from 1940-1991. This is the story of the treachery of the USSR and Nazi Germany against the sovereign state of Latvia, and the three occupations that led to the people of Latvia being pushed to the extreme limits of physical and mental survival.

This museum that tries to convey what it was like for Albanians living under the police state of the Hoxha regime from 1945-1991. It was forbidden to say anything critical of the government - even a comment about the lack of bread on the shelves at the bakery could be enough for someone to arrested. The climate of fear was experienced by everyone and has a big influence today since anyone in Albania today who is over the age of 35 can remember living through it.

The Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People’s Republic is designed as a place of remembrance that aims at transcending any divisions. The architects agreed that out of respect for the authentic substance of this place, it requires subtle accenting of the old and the new architecture.

The Tränenpalast (English: "Palace of Tears") is a former border crossing point between East and West Berlin, at Berlin Friedrichstraße station, which was in operation between 1962 and 1989. It is now a museum with exhibitions about Berlin during the Cold War period and about the process of German reunification.

The Günter Litfin Memorial is part of the Berlin Wall Foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to document and convey the history of the Berlin Wall and the mass migration from the German Democratic Republic as a part and contributory factor of the German division and the East–West conflict in the 20th century. It also aims to preserve historical sites and authentic remains and to provide for a worthy commemoration of the victims of communist tyranny.