The museum complex is visually striking at night. I parked to the right side at first, but found the doors were to an apartment building, and moved my car. The entrance to the museum is three stories down a long flight of steps. On the ticket counter a tablet display alternated images of the museum exhibits with ads for the gift shop and ads for … an apartment complex. I pointed out to the cashier that their display seemed to be advertising apartments. She smiled and confirmed that yes, the level above us was apartments. I told her I’d never before seen a museum combined with apartments like this and she smilingly said no, she hadn’t either, but they have this here.
Describing catastrophes as most tragic seems to be as de rigueur as describing murders as brutal, but the second sentence here really caught my eye and well-describes the approach the museum has taken to explaining the origins of the war in Europe. I have not seen this elsewhere, instead seeing Hitler and Mussolini always given full responsibility. I appreciated the museum’s take here.
