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Are there any German memorials in Berlin? No.   All Soviet. Most German graves and memorials were destroyed or removed after 1945

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Communist Thälmann Denkmal in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg

 

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Eberswalde

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Potsdam, Michendorfer Chaussee

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Potsdam, Bassinplatz

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Güterfelde, Brb.

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A Hero's grave, Zechlin

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Schwedt, Märkisch Oderland

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Cottbus

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Rathenow, Brandenburg

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Neuruppin, Brb.

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Wittstock, Brandenburg

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Volkspark Friedrichshain, Polish memorial

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Berlin-Wilhelmsruh, Soviet Memorial

 

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Sowjet Ehrenmal, Tiergarten, Berlin-West

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Ehrenmal Tiergarten (West), view from above, still with Panzer and Artillery

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Ehrenmal Treptower Park (East)

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Treptower Park (E.),  enormous dimensions

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Berlin, Schönholzer Heide, Soviet Memorial

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Schönholzer Heide, another view

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Memorial in Seelow

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Ahrensfelde, south of Berlin

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Another reminder in the very centre of Berlin

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Russians in Berlin, 2015, celebrations for wars end with vodka and flags. Where else in the world would this be tolerated?

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Holocaust Denkmal, Berlin Mitte, preparations for building.

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Views of the completed Holocaust area.

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Elsewhere...

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German war graves from both wars in Cuacos de Yuste in Spain desecrated and vandalised, and not for the first time....
"Keine Ehrung für Nazis..."  The Guardia Civil is investigating.
Source: RT.com

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Rheims, 40 German wargraves were destroyed and desecrated in the War Cemetery near Rheims, prior
to the visit of Bundeskanzlerin Merkel, 2012. Symbolic picture. Source: news.ch

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Berlin-Neukölln, Lilienthalstraße

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Laon, France

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Guebwiller 2010, 95 crosses damaged. The words  "race de putes" (Hurenrasse) was daubed on some of the graves.

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In Rostock-Dierkow, Satow  and Strenz, gravestones were vandalised and covered in cement. Left wing groups left a message
claiming that the graves serve right wing propaganda.
Source: Schweriner Volkszeitung / Rostock, November 2018

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The Soviet Story, a history of Communism in the 20th Century.

 

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There is also an English language version.

 

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On 10/04/2019 at 13:17, Fritz said:

Are there any German memorials in Berlin? No.   All Soviet. Most German graves and memorials were destroyed or removed after 1945

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Communist Thälmann Denkmal in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg

 

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Eberswalde

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Potsdam, Michendorfer Chaussee

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Potsdam, Bassinplatz

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Güterfelde, Brb.

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A Hero's grave, Zechlin

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Schwedt, Märkisch Oderland

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Cottbus

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Rathenow, Brandenburg

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Neuruppin, Brb.

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Wittstock, Brandenburg

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Volkspark Friedrichshain, Polish memorial

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Berlin-Wilhelmsruh, Soviet Memorial

 

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Sowjet Ehrenmal, Tiergarten, Berlin-West

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Ehrenmal Tiergarten (West), view from above, still with Panzer and Artillery

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Ehrenmal Treptower Park (East)

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Treptower Park (E.),  enormous dimensions

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Berlin, Schönholzer Heide, Soviet Memorial

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Schönholzer Heide, another view

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Memorial in Seelow

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Ahrensfelde, south of Berlin

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Another reminder in the very centre of Berlin

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Russians in Berlin, 2015, celebrations for wars end with vodka and flags. Where else in the world would this be tolerated?

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Holocaust Denkmal, Berlin Mitte, preparations for building.

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Views of the completed Holocaust area.

Important to remember the victims of the crimes against humanity. A very moving place to visit whilst in Berlin. 

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