{"id":22902,"date":"2023-01-18T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T10:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=22902"},"modified":"2023-01-19T15:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T14:29:50","slug":"heavy-burden-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/berlin\/heavy-burden-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy burden body and SA-Memorial Site SA Prison Papestra\u00dfe – on the way on the history parcours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Around General-Pape-Strasse, you can discover the former military site at 14 stations with the help of the history trail. Two stations are particularly impressive – the heavy load body and the SA-Memorial Site SA Prison Papestra\u00dfe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

We start the tour at the S\u00fcdkreuz long-distance railway station. Directly behind the station grounds, a former military site stretches along General-Pape-Strasse. Since 2008, signs of the history parcours show not only written information but also pictures showing this site in the past. This makes a “before – now comparison” very vivid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 19th and 20th centuries, the area was shaped by the railway and the Prussian military. The preserved barracks buildings are listed today. In the north of the route is the Schwerbelastungsk\u00f6rper, which is a reminder of the urban planning during the Nazi era. And shortly before the end of the tour, you reach the SA memorial Papestra\u00dfe with its harrowing history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to walk the route, you can see the route we walked on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t

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On the way on the history trail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The starting and ending point of our tour was S\u00fcdkreuz station. A transfer station had existed at General-Pape-Strasse since 1901, which offered the possibility of transferring from the Ringbahn to long-distance trains. With the construction of the Wall, the importance of this station diminished. It was not until the Wall fell and the S-Bahn ring could be used again that the station was rebuilt. Now it is possible to board long-distance trains here again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n