Category Archives: Germany

Schönholzer Heide Soviet Cemetery, Berlin, Germany

Posted on November 18, 2014 by mamayevkurgan

The least accessible and least known of the three major Soviet memorials in Berlin can be found in the Pankow district, in the north of the city. The cemetery was designed by a team including the architects Konstantin A. Solovyev, … Continue reading →

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Treptower Park Memorial Complex, Berlin, Germany

Posted on July 21, 2013 by mamayevkurgan

Treptower Parks covers an area of 88 hectares (~220 acres) beside the River Spree in the Treptow-Köpenick district to the south-east of Berlin’s centre. At the end of the war, it was chosen as the location for the main Soviet … Continue reading →

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Tiergarten Memorial, Berlin, Germany

Posted on November 5, 2012 by mamayevkurgan

The most central of the Berlin’s Soviet memorials is situated on the edge of the Tiergarten Park, facing onto Straße des 17. Juni just a few hundred yards from the Brandenburger Tor and the Reichstag. The memorial was built within … Continue reading →

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Seelow Heights Museum & Memorial Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany

Posted on July 23, 2012 by mamayevkurgan

The Seelow Heights form a low ridge that overlooks the Oderbruch, the western flood plain of the River Oder, about 40 miles east of Berlin. In April 1945, as the Soviets crossed the Oder, these hills were the last natural … Continue reading →

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