The Museum of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance is a municipal historical museum dedicated to the defense of Crete during WWII and the popular resistance of Crete. It is located near the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in the city of Heraklion on the island of Crete, Greece.
It was founded by the Municipality of Heraklion in May 1994. The museum's aim is to collect, preserve and exhibit relics from the period 1941–1945 in an appropriate manner, as well as to document and disseminate information on the people's struggle during the Battle of Crete and the subsequent German-Italian occupation.
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