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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe memorial was located in the British sector at the time of the occupation. Soviet soldiers were nevertheless allowed to guard it due to the provisions of the Four Power Status. After the withdrawal of the troops, the site was handed over to the city of Berlin, which is obligated by bilateral agreement to maintain the war gravesite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I find the monument impressive, even if I miss, due to the location and the tourists streaming past, somewhat the place of remembrance for the fallen soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Berlin TV Tower<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our way led us further through the Brandenburg Gate, past the Soviet Embassy to Alexanderplatz. From here we could not only take a look at the imposing skyscraper of the Park Inn by Radisson Berlin Alexanderplatz Hotel, but also at the Berlin TV Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nToday’s Park Inn by Radisson Hotel was opened in 1970 on the 21st anniversary of the GDR. It consists of a 39-story high-rise building and a three-story low-rise building. In GDR times, there was already a hotel here, in which the delegations of the Warsaw Pact were preferably accommodated. The then Interhotel had 1982 beds in 1006 rooms and offered its guests a hairdresser and other service facilities, as well as a car service with a workshop and car wash. It was one of the showpiece hotels of the GDR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Berlin TV Tower is one of the landmarks of the capital. It is 368 meters high, making it the tallest structure in Germany and the fourth tallest free-standing structure in Europe. The TV tower was built in 1969 by the Deutsche Post of the GDR. In addition to its main function as a broadcasting station for radio and television, the TV tower is also an observation tower with a revolving restaurant. It has been a listed building since 1979.
The Berlin TV tower differs from other TV towers by its spherical tower head. The Soviet satellite Sputnik was used here as a source of ideas for GDR architecture. In this way, the GDR picked up on the successes of the Soviet space program.
While I am looking at the TV tower, it occurs to me that it is high time to take a trip into the sphere in good visibility. My last visit was so long ago that with the rapid construction activity in our city, a completely new skyline has surely developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
House of the teacher<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
On Karl-Marx-Allee, the former Stalinallee, Holger led us further through Soviet Berlin. At the house of the teacher, today there are offices here, we could take a look at the impressive mosaics. In 1964, the building was inaugurated. In the area of the third and fourth floors, a frieze of 800,000 mosaic tiles runs around the house. Walter Womacka depicted “Our Life” here in imitation of Mexican murals. In typical scenes he shows the social life of the GDR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scenes from science and research: you can see a doctor, a chemist and an engineer, antenna mast and parabolic reflector – the world of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The East Frieze is characterized by the theme of friendship between peoples. People of different ethics are depicted, which corresponded to the humanistic and anti-fascist ideals of the SED state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the west side of the building scenes of life in the GDR are depicted. Since about 1990, the building has been listed as a historic monument and will thus fortunately continue to delight many visitors for a long time to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The next stop was at Cafe Moscow and at the Kino International, which was directly across the street. On the roof of the house there is the replica of the Sputnik, a gift from the embassy of the USSR. On the opposite side of the street is the Kino International. Until 1989, this cinema was used as a GDR premiere cinema and has been a listed building since the beginning of the 21st century. The cinema was opened in 1963 in the presence of the Chairman of the Council of State Walter Ulbricht with the Soviet film “Optimistic Tragedies”. In a representative room of the house, members of the state and party leadership met before and after the screenings. During our city tour of Soviet Berlin, we passed so many interesting points on Karl-Marx-Allee. If you look carefully, you can still discover remnants of the GDR era here and there, which tell of the past. Or the impressive buildings around Strau\u00dfberger Platz, which were built in the course of new construction after World War II and are considered emblematic of Soviet-influenced architecture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n All the way to the bust of Karl Marx. This had just birthday on the day of the tour. An elderly woman lovingly laid the flowers in his honor there as we walked by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a lot of impressions we went by subway and S-Bahn to Treptower Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After almost 4 hours we arrived at the final point of the city tour through Soviet Berlin. The Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park with its impressive backdrop offers, I think, the highlight and crowning conclusion. A really huge and bombastically large memorial and cemetery for the fallen Soviet soldiers of the Second World War. I liked the tour of Soviet Berlin. I looked at familiar places from a new point of view and discovered new places in Berlin. I will definitely go in search of traces again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I like the depictions. Apart from the technique necessary to create such a mosaic, the motifs are so varied that you can always see new details.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCafe Moscow and Cinema International<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I had already heard about Cafe Moscow. Here was the noble restaurant in GDR times. Who could get a place here, was allowed to eat expensive. Westerners and the soldiers of the Western Allies were served here most gladly, they brought foreign currency into the country.
Cafe Moscow was one of 7 nationality restaurants that were established in socialist Berlin. As a sign of fraternity between the GDR and the Soviet Union, the citizens of the GDR were to get an insight into the culinary and cultural customs of the Soviet Union here. The house was opened in 1964, and in addition to the restaurant, there was a dance caf\u00e9, a night bar, and the arts and crafts outlet “Natasha. The house was a meeting place for black market activities and spy work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Since 1989, the house has been listed as a historical monument.
I especially like the facade of the Cafe Moscow. Here you can see a mosaic created by Bert Heller. The mosaic is called “From the life of the peoples of the Soviet Union” and shows many small scenes – from reindeer to sputnik, which I associate with the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
On the night the Wall was opened, the cinema showed for the first time the film “Cooming Out,” a DEFA film with a central gay theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDiscoveries on Karl-Marx-Allee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For example, the advertising on the houses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSoviet Berlin Final stop of the city tour: Memorial in Treptow Park<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A really impressive place, which could now be explored by me alone in peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nInformation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n