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Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park

One thing I learned from visiting the Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park is that the Soviets knew how to honour their dead. The memorial in Treptower Park is the largest of the three main Soviet war memorials in Berlin – the other two are on Strasse des 17 Juni and in Schönholzer Heide. When I got my first […]

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Soviet War Memorial on Strasse des 17 Juni

The Soviet War Memorial was erected in 1945 in the British Sector of West Berlin to commemorate the Soviet soldiers who fell during the war. In the background on the right hand side of the next photo you can The Reichstag, the German parliament building. A cannon and tank seemingly guard the monument, presumably from […]

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The Stasi Museum

The former headquarters of the Secret Police in Berlin is now The Stasi Museum.  This is the building that was ‘stormed’ in 1990 by protesters looking for the files that were kept here.  With all the secrecy that surrounded this building in a divided Germany, it seems apt that since re-unification it has become accessible to […]

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