{"id":2976,"date":"2021-04-14T06:48:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/the-soviet-war-memorial-in-treptower-park-uberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:48:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:48:43","slug":"the-soviet-war-memorial-in-treptower-park-uberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/the-soviet-war-memorial-in-treptower-park-uberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park : uberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post single hentry\">\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">The Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/>The <strong>Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park<\/strong> is appropriately epic. A tribute to the 80,000 Red Army soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin (1945), and the final resting place for 5,000 of them, the Soviet War Memorial at Treptow is bigger than most public parks. A 12m tall statue is flanked by 16 stone sarcophagi (one for each of the Soviet Republics), and two enormous kneeling soldiers clutching their helmets in their hands. The red roses placed at the memorial serve as a reminder that people still live that owe their lives and liberty to these men, and it&#8217;s impossible for Western visitors not to be jarred by the Soviet commitment to stop the Nazis, a sacrifice that far outstripped ours. As ever, for moving (in both senses of the word) images, see <a title=\"Good Hard Working People's Soviet War Memorial\" href=\"http:\/\/goodhardworkingpeople.blogspot.de\/2011\/03\/soviet-war-memorial-treptower-park-in.html\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/goodhardworkingpeople.blogspot.de']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good Hard Working People&#8217;s one minute video<\/a>, which provides historical context as well as a very personal emotional response.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"7\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8310\/8027374439_32d7386f56_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8311\/8027369727_64849149bd_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"3\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8037\/8027370719_e7966748c5_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8034\/8027370066_987340a479_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8034\/8027373221_dc1bfb7485_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"9\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8312\/8027376163_bc3e3cfdef_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8454\/8027368983_57387f5a94_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"10\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8320\/8027377615_9b41e94e49_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\"\/><\/p>\n<p>   <span class=\"like\" style=\"height: 40px; 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I need to read more history, but while I certainly think places like these should be accorded respect, and while I find the memorial itself quite moving, I think it\u2019s too much to say that \u2018these people died for our freedom\u2019. Whatever they were fighting for it wasn\u2019t the sorts of freedoms we enjoy in Berlin now.<\/p>\n<p>And the revenge that was exacted on the population here when the troops arrived, and in particular the raping of many (most?)   women in the city, should also not be forgotten. An East German friend of mine in Los Angeles, was actually 1\/4 Russian, from one of these Soviet rapes in another part of Germany. For a depressing, but interesting read check out a Woman in Berlin:<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Woman-Berlin-Eight-Weeks-Conquered\/dp\/0312426119\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1351181411&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=woman+in+berlin\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-comment','http:\/\/www.amazon.de']);\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Woman-Berlin-Eight-Weeks-Conquered\/dp\/0312426119\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1351181411&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=woman+in+berlin<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"> \t\t<a class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"\/the-soviet-war-memorial-in-treptower-park\/comment-page-1\/?replytocom=8475#respond\" onclick=\"return addComment.moveForm(&quot;div-comment-8475&quot;, &quot;8475&quot;, &quot;respond&quot;, &quot;6729&quot;)\">Reply<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\" id=\"comment-8462\">\n<div id=\"div-comment-8462\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"> \t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21c7f1e1bfea6d86e5775fc01a0767bf?s=48&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&amp;r=G\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"\/>\t\t<cite class=\"fn\">Papaerk<\/cite> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-meta commentmetadata\"><a href=\"\/the-soviet-war-memorial-in-treptower-park\/comment-page-1\/#comment-8462\"> \t\t\tOctober 25, 2012 at 11:12 am<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<p>It certainly makes you think about these men who made the ultimate sacrifice so we could live in freedom.<br \/> Great article and pics guys<\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"> \t\t<a class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"\/the-soviet-war-memorial-in-treptower-park\/comment-page-1\/?replytocom=8462#respond\" onclick=\"return addComment.moveForm(&quot;div-comment-8462&quot;, &quot;8462&quot;, &quot;respond&quot;, &quot;6729&quot;)\">Reply<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\" id=\"comment-8429\">\n<div id=\"div-comment-8429\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"> \t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18a815d45e0218af2dd8ee9868c98513?s=48&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&amp;r=G\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"\/>\t\t<cite class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/andberlin.com\/\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-commentauthor','http:\/\/andberlin.com']);\" rel=\"external nofollow\" class=\"url\">David<\/a><\/cite> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-meta commentmetadata\"><a href=\"\/the-soviet-war-memorial-in-treptower-park\/comment-page-1\/#comment-8429\"> \t\t\tOctober 24, 2012 at 9:40 pm<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Great photos as always Zo\u00eb of one of my 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