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alancollins Says: On display outside the museum are number of military hardware pieces from the battle. This includes a T34 tank, artillery pieces, rocket launching vehicle and a search light used in the battle.
Cemetery at the Seelow Heights Memorial
alancollins Says: At the base of the memorial figure are a number of graves of Soviet soldiers. At the entrance to the memorial are 2 small obelisks. The one on the left the inscription reads 1941’ You have made the home famous’. The one on the right reads 1945 ‘The home will not forget you’.
Looking down from the Seelow Heights
alancollins Says: As you stand on the Seelow Heights you can see the problems the Soviet forces were going to encounter. The Seelow Heights stand about 100 metres above the countryside to the east. The incline is to sharp for a tank to climb up. The defenders had clear sight of the flat...
alancollins Says: There is a cast bronze figure that dominates the memorial. As with some of the other memorials in the former soviet controlled part of Germany, they were put up really quickly, this one was erected before the end of 1945. It is nearly 4 metres in height and weights 1.5...
alancollins Says: The museum at the Seelow Heights is small and looks like it has been constructed as a wartime bunker. It has a number of exhibits from the period including some uniforms. Though the information is only in German, the staff were very helpful by pointing me to a lecture room...
Go to Seelow Heights Memorial and Museum
Thuringia Says: In German: Gedenkstätte / Museum Seelower HöhenWebsite:www.kultur-in-mol.de/gedenkstaette/englisch.html or Link
alancollins Says: From Berlin I caught the NE26 train from Lichtenberg to Seelow-Gusow. The journey takes about 50 minutes on a modern diesel train. The whole train crew were in a good mood smiling and joking. To top it off I got a free biscuit from one of the ticket inspectors. The train is...
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On display outside the museum are number of military hardware pieces from the battle. This includes a T34 tank, artillery pieces, rocket launching vehicle and a...
Q: I will be visiting Seelow Germany in late August 2006, can anyone suggest a reasonable clean 3 star hotel that I can stay at while...
A: Seelow a a small town near Berlin and known for a fierce battle at the end of world war II (The hights of Seelow)with tens of thousands of victims.There are two 3 star...
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Seelow is one of those small towns in rural Eastern Germany close to the Polish Border. Its name would be unknown but for the fact that one of the last major battle of WW2 took place in the area...
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Town of Seelow in Märkisch-Oderland, Oderbruch
Town of Seelow is the capital of rural district Märkisch-Oderland. The town lies with the railroad line Frankfurt (Oder) to Eberswalde-Finow, from south in the direction of north. Website:...
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