​​The World War II Memorial​

The memorial in Hrabyně is one of six exhibition sites of the Silesian Museum. It stands near the site of one of the fiercest battles fought on Czech territory during the war. Established between 1970 and 1980 and originally known as the Memorial to the Ostrava Offensive, it became part of the Silesian Museum in 1992 and was declared a national monument in 2000.

The memorial serves as a place of remembrance and education, focusing on the events of the Second World War, the Czechoslovak resistance at home and abroad, and the victims of Nazi persecution. Its symbolic cemetery bears over 13,000 names of fallen Red Army soldiers and civilians from Silesia and North Moravia who died on various fronts or in concentration camps.

The permanent exhibition A Time of Destruction and Hope presents a chronological overview of military, political, and civilian aspects of the war. It highlights the contribution of Czechoslovak soldiers and pilots fighting in multiple theatres, the Holocaust, and the everyday life of the population.