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Schloss Cecilienhof is a palace in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. Cecilienhof was the last palace built by the Hohenzollern family that ruled Prussia and Germany until 1918. It is also famous for having been the location of thePotsdam Conference in 1945, in which the leaders of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States took important decisions affecting the shape of post World War II Europe and Asia. Cecilienhof has been part of thePalaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.

The Potsdam Conference (officially the "Berlin Conference") took place from 17 July to 2 August 1945. It was the third and longest summit between the heads of government of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, the major forces in the anti-Hitler-coalition that had just won the war after VE day, 8 May 1945.