The Soviet War Memorial is one of several war memorials in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, specifically the 80,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945.
The memorial is located in the Großer Tiergarten, a large public park to the west of the city center, on the north side of the east-west Straße des 17. Juni (17 June Street) in the Tiergarten locality.
Soviet War Memorial in The Man With the Iron Heart[]
The Soviet Union erected a monument to the military personnel lost taking Berlin at the end of World War II. The Soviets unveiled it on November 11, 1945.[1] Naturally, it galled Reinhard Heydrich and the German Freedom Front more than any other Soviet monument. As the GFF grew bolder, the Soviets allocated a substantial number of soldiers to guard it.[2] In 1946, NKVD officer Vladimir Bokov warned Lt. Colonel Surkov to keep on alert.
However, in 1947, Surkov let his guard down, and a GFF agent using a Soviet tank as cover successfully demolished the monument. A disgraced Surkov committed suicide.[3]
References[]
- ↑ The Man With the Iron Heart, pg. 137, HC.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 298.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 456-457.
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