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From Alexanderplatz to Zoo: the most important attractions and sights in Berlin from A to Z. more
The Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park is the largest monument to the fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Germany.
The Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park is one of four memorials to fallen Red Army soldiers that were built in Berlin after the end of the Second World War. It is the largest memorial of its kind in Germany and therefore the most important memorial of its kind in the Federal Republic.
Where the large memorial with around 7,000 graves now stands in Treptower Park, children used to romp across the meadow in imperial times. After the end of the Second World War, the memorial was built between 1946 and 1949. After its completion, the memorial and Treptow Park were not only a place of remembrance, but also the site of many mass events and state rituals in the GDR.
The war memorial is entered through a large triumphal arch. The sculpture "Mother Homeland", a female figure mourning her sons, follows. The main field of the memorial is marked by two large stylized flags made of red granite. In the middle of the Treptow Soviet War Memorial is a tall statue of a Soviet soldier. The soldier gazing into the distance holds a child in his arms and a sword in his other hand. He symbolizes the victory against the Nazi regime. Below the statue is the mausoleum, the interior of which features a mosaic by the painter Alexander A. Gorpenko.
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From Alexanderplatz to Zoo: the most important attractions and sights in Berlin from A to Z. more