we tell the story of curtis ritter. he was a private in the american army. here, you can see a letter he wrote to his wife ellen in 1944. he was killed in late 1944 on the way into germany. you can see in the case that the hometown newspaper, the berlin post, is going to bring news of his death to his hometown in public. you can see condolence letters, that are going to be written to his family from various sympathizers, neighbors and friends and family member who knew curtis ritter . down here in the corner we have his combat infantry badge. blue background and the rifle on it. a badge that was an honor. it was given only to those who faced the enemy in direct combat. in this conclusion gallery to the road to berlin, what we want to show the public is the immense devastation that went on as we move towards berlin. you can see our representations. basically the allies raised about 60 german cities on the way into berlin and the germans refuse to give up. in the end, adolf hitler inmitted suicide in a bunker berlin. on may 7, nazi germany formally surrendered

as we tell the story of curtis ritter, he was a private in the american army and here, you can see a letter he wrote to his wife in 1944. he was killed in the late 1944 on the way into germany. you can see in the case that the hometown newspaper is going to to hisews of his death hometown. you can see condolence letters written to his family. down here in the corner, we have his coveted combat infantry badge. the data that was an honor -- given only to those who face the enemy and direct combat. the germans refused to give up. adolf hitler committed suicide april 30, 1945 7, -- in and on may we have silverware and a teapot initials onitler's them captured by american troops in munich where hitler began his .olitical career the summation of hitler's not the germany meant to the world in terms of the debt. it something that had never been seen before in terms of distraction. uction.rac others perished in hitler's concentration camp systems to try to give people a sense of what the allied troops were fighting for, what it meant to extinguish that from the world. after we try and summari