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Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park Although some people do make the trek over to Treptower Park, many people still seem to confuse this memorial with the far less impressive one in the Tiergarten. The war memorial is a massive exercise in Soviet visual propaganda, and is also a grave for 5,000 Soviet soldiers who helped to liberate Berlin (as a consequence, it's also a solemn place; keep the raucous picnics for other parts of the very large park, closer to the river). At one end stands a statue representing Mother Russia, at the other a heroic Soviet soldier carrying a child, and trampling on a swastika. Even if you're turned off by the many quotes from Stalin that adorn the friezes on either side of the memorial, in Russian and German, this memorial is a very powerful reminder of the tragedy, suffering and heroism of very ordinary people, in this case young Soviet soldiers, that have so marked Berlin. Perhaps understandably, the memorial seems at its most impressive in the dead of winter, the trees bare and a sprinkling of snow on the ground. Once, while we were visiting, a fox darted out from one side of the park, leaving tracks in the snow and disappearing through the railings at the other side. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Treptower Park: (5) - Red Granite Flags | | | | | |
A wide alley, bordered by willows, leads from the %L[http://members.virtualtourist.com/vt/tfr/1/12626/6/1b9d5a/ ]forecourt to the main field of the complex (see photo of the tip "Soviet War Memorial") in Treptower Park. You enter this main field passing between two monuments made of red granite. They are stylised flags, hanging towards the alley, symbolising grief – like a person bending the head when in grief. On the front sides of each flag you see the sculpture of a soldier on his knees, each carrying a machine gun. One of the soldiers is a young guy, the other one looks clearly older. (See detail on photo 2.) Location: Between the streets Puschkinallee and Am Treptower Park, 12435 Berlin-Treptow Directions: S-Bahn S41, S42, S8, S85, S9, station Treptower Park Buses 166, 265, 365, stations Sowjetisches Ehrenmal and Herkomer Straße, also N 65 Klingerstraße and Rethelstraße
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| | | | Treptower Park: (8) - The Soldier and the Child | | | | | |
And finally we are at the main monument of the War Memorial park, the huge statue of the Soviet soldier towering on the mausoleum. The soldier holds a German child on his left arm. In his right hand he holds a sword with lowered blade, and under that you can recognise pieces of the destroyed swastika. The child symbolises the innocent (German) people who can look towards a brighter future in the arms of their saviours. The sculpture is 12 metres high and weighs 70 tonnes. It stands on a mausoleum, and this on its part is erected on an 18 metre high burial hill. You can walk up a wide staircase to the mausoleum. The statue had to be restored in October 2003. For this purpose it was taken to a workshop on the island of Rügen, and came back to Berlin by ship. Since 4 May 2004 it is back on its base on the mausoleum. Location: Between the streets Puschkinallee and Am Treptower Park, 12435 Berlin-Treptow Directions: S-Bahn S41, S42, S8, S85, S9, station Treptower Park Buses 166, 265, 365, stations Sowjetisches Ehrenmal and Herkomer Straße, also N 65 Klingerstraße and Rethelstraße
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| | | | Treptower Park: (4) - Mutter Russland (Mother Russia) | | | | | |
Following the alley from the Triumphal Arches on Puschinallee or the street Am Treptower Park you reach a kind of forecourt. Its centre-piece is a three metre high statue of a woman. She symbolises Mother Russia, the homeland grieving for its fallen sons. From here the view opens to the main part of the memorial park. Passing two red granite monuments you enter the Grove of Honour. Location: Between the streets Puschkinallee and Am Treptower Park, 12435 Berlin-Treptow Directions: S-Bahn S41, S42, S8, S85, S9, station Treptower Park Buses 166, 265, 365, stations Sowjetisches Ehrenmal and Herkomer Straße, also N 65 Klingerstraße and Rethelstraße
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