{"id":20913,"date":"2021-06-06T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=20913"},"modified":"2022-04-20T11:07:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T09:07:26","slug":"soviet-memorial-in-tiergarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/berlin\/soviet-memorial-in-tiergarten\/","title":{"rendered":"Soviet memorial in Tiergarten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Our tour through Berlin led us to the Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten, which is located directly on the Stra\u00dfe des 17.Juni, less than 300 meters from the Reichstag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
After the end of the Second World War, the Red Army erected four Soviet memorials in Berlin. The memorial in Treptower Park, the memorial in Sch\u00f6nholzer Heide, the memorial in Bucher Schlosspark and the memorial in Tiergarten. They are intended to commemorate the 80,000 soldiers who died in the Battle of Berlin. In addition to their function as memorials, there are also military cemeteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The choice of location for the monument had apparently been well thought out by the clients. The immediate proximity to the burned-out Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate, the most important symbols of the Soviet victory of the war, was supposed to demonstrate the superiority of the victors.
It is claimed that part of the building material (especially the marble) was taken by the Soviets from the demolished Reich Chancellery and used in the memorial. But more details about it are not known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
German workers took over the construction of the memorial. They had only a short time to erect the memorial. It was not completely finished until the opening. At first, the statue was only a gilded dummy and could only be replaced a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n