Národní památník války, War memorial museum in Hrabyně, Czech Republic

The Národní památník války is a museum in Hrabyně that presents exhibition rooms with military equipment, photographs, documents, and personal objects from World War II. The collections include materials documenting various aspects of the conflict and offering visitors a comprehensive view of the wartime years.

The memorial was built at a location that experienced intense combat during the final months of World War II in 1945 on Czech territory. This historical connection makes the museum a place of remembrance for the deadly conflicts that affected the region.

The site honors the memory of people who lived and endured during wartime, showing how the conflict changed daily existence. Visitors see personal belongings and accounts that reveal how people survived in those years.

The site lies on the road between Ostrava and Opava in Hrabyně, with a separate exhibition building housing seasonal displays, a conference hall, a study room and a restaurant. The lookout with views of the Beskydy, Ostrava, Opava, Poland and nearby villages opens only at 3 pm with a guide. The 2023 reconstruction cost over 40 million crowns.

The memorial's entrance hall holds a glass sarcophagus filled with soil from battlefields and concentration camps, including sand from Tobruk and earth from Auschwitz. The site also has a viewing platform over the Beskydy mountains, Ostrava, Opava and Poland, opened after the 2023 renovation and reachable only at 3 pm with a guide.