Museum Hours:Congress has restored funding of appropriated activities and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is resuming normal operations. Normal hours will resume on 2/4. Please check archives.gov for updates on the status of other NARA locations.
April 16-May 2, 1945 – The final major European battle of the war. Soviet forces stormed Berlin, leading to Hitler’s suicide on April 30 and Germany's unconditional surrender shortly afterward.