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Soviet War Memorial Schönholzer Heide

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Soviet War Memorial Schönholzer Heide

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Soviet War Memorial Schönholzer Heide

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Please check local regulations for: Ehemaliger Mauerstreifen, Schönholzer Heide und Bürgerpark

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Location: Berlin, Germany

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1. Havelufer Forest Cycle Path – Oberhavelsteg Bridge loop from Haselhorst

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2. Berlin Wall Trail at Lübars – Havelufer Forest Cycle Path loop from Landsberger Allee

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3. Berlin Wall Trail at Lübars – Havelufer Forest Cycle Path loop from Bornholmer Straße

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radlerjuergen

March 28, 2021

On both sides along the main axis, at the end of which rises a 33.5 m high syenite obelisk, are eight burial chambers, in each of which 1,182 Red Army soldiers were buried. Below the Obelisk's Hall of Honor is a crypt in which two Soviet colonels were buried. A memorial stone behind the obelisk commemorates Soviet victims of the concentration camps. The fact that Soviet prisoners of war are also commemorated in this memorial is a special feature, because under Joseph Stalin, prisoners of war were generally seen as potential collaborators. In front of the obelisk is the main monument, a statue of the Russian "Motherland" mourning the loss of her fallen son. At the base of the obelisk, which is made of black porphyry blocks, are 42 bronze plaques with the names of fallen officers.

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Andreas Bikefan

May 16, 2023

Well maintained facility at the Schönholzer Heide public park.

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Stefan

August 12, 2018

It is really nice to see in this impeccable state this memorial - very impressive.

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Tourismusverein Berlin-Pankow e.V.

January 16, 2020

From the entrance, the obelisk and the main sculpture catch the eye. It shows the grieving "Mother Homeland" with her fallen son covered by the flag of victory. Above all, however, grave slabs determine this memorial: They commemorate the more than 13,000 members of the Red Army who were buried here between 1947 and 1949 in a 27,500 square meter military cemetery. Most of them could never be identified. 2647 names are immortalized on 100 plaques in the wall that surrounds the memorial. The soldiers, including 120 women, died either in the fight against Nazi Germany or in its prisoner-of-war camps. Some of those buried here perished in the forced labor camp that existed in the southern part of the Schönholzer Heide during the Second World War. The memorial was inaugurated in November 1949, designed according to designs by the Soviet sculptor Ivan G. Perschudchew and the architect group K.A. Solovyov, M.D. Belavenzew and W.D. Korolyov.

Opening times: April to September from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.,
October to March from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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Loth

July 17, 2020

The Soviet memorial in the Schönholzer Heide in Berlin-Pankow was built from May 1947 to November 1949 and has an area of 27,500 m². The Schönholzer Heide, a popular excursion destination in the 19th century, was the site of a large forced labor camp during the Second World War. After the war, the third Soviet memorial in Berlin was built here in the north-western part of the park, together with the memorials in the Tiergarten and Treptower Park. Another is located in Berlin-Buch in the Bucher Schlosspark.

The memorial is a memorial and military cemetery of the Soviet war cemeteries on which 13,200 of the approximately 80,000 soldiers of the Red Army who died in the final phase (Battle of Berlin) in March / April 1945 were buried.

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feinradfahrer

July 30, 2020

In memory of fallen Russian soldiers. Monumental complex.

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thanhome

April 8, 2022

the Soviet memorial commemorates the fallen soldiers of the Red Army at the end of World War II. A very large, systematic memorial complex

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Janniend

June 24, 2025

The Soviet Memorial in the Schönholzer Heide is an important place of remembrance.

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Soviet War Memorial Schönholzer Heide

1. Havelufer Forest Cycle Path – Oberhavelsteg Bridge loop from Haselhorst

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3. Berlin Wall Trail at Lübars – Havelufer Forest Cycle Path loop from Bornholmer Straße

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