Berlin - streets

germany

4 panoramas by oliver mann

Traces of the battle for Berlin

On the 21^st April of 1945, the Red Army entered Berlin. The battle lasted until 2 May, leaving more than 200.000 people dead. Fighting in the city was heavy, with house-to-house combat. This panorama shows traces at the museum island.

Berlin, museum island

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Inside the Flak tower

A view into the ruins of the former Anti-Aircraft Towers at Humboldthain Park. More than 15.000 people matched into these monstrous fortifications. Berlin had 3 of them. They were blown up by the allies after the war.

Berlin, Flak tower

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Ruin of the Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church

The most well-known memorial in Berlin is the Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church. It has been destroyed by an air-raid in 1943.

Berlin, Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church

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The “Neue Reichskanzlei”

As you can see, you see nothing. Hitler´s residence was heavily damaged by air-raids and the battle of Berlin. The ruins were pulled down in 1949.
In 1988 the government of the former GDR has put up a residential area at this place. Nothing should remember the past, but they were not able to remove the underlying remains of the “Führer-Bunker”.
A few steps beyond these houses, Hitler committed suicide. Today, the place where his body was burnt is a parking place for the inhabitants.

Berlin, “Neue Reichskanzlei”

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