Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten

Sowjetisches Ehrenmal (Mitte)

Image: Wolfgang Bittner LDA

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This Soviet memorial (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal) designed by Lev Kerbel was officially unveiled in November 1945. Buried here are 2,500 Soviet soldiers who died in the fight to take Berlin; their military units are inscribed on columns. Six pillars symbolize the various branches of the armed forces, while the central pillar supports a bronze sculpture of a Red Army soldier with a fixed bayonet. Two artillery guns and two T-34 tanks flank the memorial.

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