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Exploring the Soviet Memorials located around Berlin
by Felipe Tofani | Dec 25, 2020
Here we are going to talk a bit about the most famous Soviet Memorials in Berlin and some smaller ones as well. These three soviet memorials are mostly well known, and they were built to commemorate the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. The Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten was the first to…
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 MoreCheck out the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin’s Treptower Park. It’s epic!
by Felipe Tofani | May 21, 2018
Check out the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin’s Treptower Park. It’s epic! ; Most visitors to...
Read MoreEast German Watchtower on Schlesisches Busch
by Felipe Tofani | Jun 6, 2015
East German Watchtower on Schlesisches Busch A Cold War relic hidden on plain sight ; Normally...
Read MoreWinter at the largest Soviet Memorial in Berlin
by Felipe Tofani | Feb 6, 2015
When we moved to Berlin back in 2012, we didn’t know anything about soviet memorials. Nothing at...
Read MoreChris Gueffroy: The last victim of the Berlin Wall
by Felipe Tofani | Nov 7, 2014
Not many people know who Chris Gueffroy was, but we thought somebody should mention the last person to be shot and to die at the Berlin Wall with all the Berlin Wall celebrations.
Chris Gueffroy was the last person to be shot and killed while escaping to West Berlin across the Berlin Wall between Treptow and Neukölln.
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