Tag: memorial
Exploring the Seelow Heights Memorial: The Battle for the ‘Gates of Berlin’
by Felipe Tofani | Jun 19, 2023
The Seelow Heights Memorial is a solemn tribute to the ferocious Battle of Berlin during the Second World War, where more than one million men clashed at the opening phase.
Read MoreThe Marx Memorial Library: Exploring the History of Marxism in London
by Felipe Tofani | Mar 21, 2023
If you’re interested in politics and history, visiting the Marx Memorial Library in London should be on your list of must-see destinations. The library is dedicated to studying and preserving the works of Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx, two of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century.
Read MoreSoviet War Memorial on Schönholzer Heide
by Felipe Tofani | Dec 6, 2021
Soviet Memorial on Schönholzer Heide The hidden beauty of a Second World War Memorial ; While most...
Read MoreThe Berlin Wall Memorial: A Visit to the Border Control on Bernauer Strasse
by Felipe Tofani | Sep 15, 2021
The Berlin Wall Memorial, also known in German as Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, is a mix of monuments and museums commemorating the city’s division by the Berlin Wall and the people who died because of it. And we consider it to be the best place to learn about the wall and how it affected the city and the entire continent.
Read MoreSoviet Memorial in the Tiergarten
by Felipe Tofani | Nov 17, 2020
Soviet Memorial Tiergarten Exploring a piece of the Second World War in the heart of Berlin ; The...
Read MoreBerlin Soviet Memorial: Treptower Park
by Felipe Tofani | May 8, 2020
The Berlin Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park is the biggest of the three war memorials the USSR left in Berlin after the end of the Second World War. It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky as a memorial for 5,000 of the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who died in the Battle of Berlin between April and May 1945. It opened four years after World War II on May 8, 1949, and it used to serve as the central war memorial in East Berlin.
Read MoreBudapest Bullet Holes: A Memorial to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
by Felipe Tofani | May 27, 2019
Budapest Bullet Holes A Memorial to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution ; Close to one of the most...
Read MoreShoes on the Danube Bank in Budapest
by Felipe Tofani | Apr 24, 2019
Shoes on the Danube Bank A Jewish Memorial in the heart of Budapest ; Walking along the Danube...
Read MoreA Visit to the House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin
by Felipe Tofani | Jan 4, 2019
House of the Wannsee Conference A Visit to where the Final Solution to the Jewish Question was...
Read MorePlatform 17 Memorial at Berlin-Grunewald Station
by Felipe Tofani | Oct 30, 2018
Platform 17 Memorial was inaugurated in January 1998 to commemorate the deportation done by Deutsche Reichsbahn in Nazi Germany.
Read MoreThe Soviet War Memorial in Alt-Hohenschönhausen
by Felipe Tofani | Sep 21, 2018
Hidden along the streets of Alt-Hohenschönhausen there is a memorial that seems to be long...
Read MoreUnderstanding the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the Heart of West Berlin
by Felipe Tofani | Aug 17, 2018
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church Remembering the Second World War in the heart of West Berlin ;...
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