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Soviet military memorials and cemeteries in Germany (3 P) Pages in category "World War II memorials in Germany" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Although the memorial is primarily intended to commemorate those members of the German Army who tried to assassinate Hitler in 1944, it is also a memorial to the German resistance in the broader sense. Historians agree that there was no united, national resistance movement in Nazi Germany at any time during Hitler's years in power (1933–45).
World War II memorials in Germany (2 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Germany" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.
The Soviet War Memorial (German: Sowjetisches Ehrenmal) is a war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin's Treptower Park.It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate 7,000 of the 80,000 Red Army soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April–May 1945.
At the same time, the column was augmented by another 6.5 metres, giving it its present height of 66.89 metres. The monument survived World War II without much damage. Surrounded by a street circle, the column is also accessible to pedestrians through four tunnels, according to plans by Albert Speer. A spiral staircase leads to a viewing ...
Today, the Siegestor is a monument and reminder to peace. After sustaining heavy damage in World War II it was to be demolished in July 1945, [1] however, the arch was reconstructed and restored only partially, [4] in a manner similar to the conservation of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin.
Soviet bas-relief sculpture in the museum . The museum is located at the historical venue of the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces on 8 May 1945.With this act of ratification in Karlshorst of the instrument of surrender signed the day before in Rheims, World War II came to an end in Europe.
The Laboe Naval Memorial (a.k.a. Laboe Tower, German: Marine-Ehrenmal Laboe) is a memorial located in Laboe, near Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Started in 1927 and completed in 1936, the monument originally memorialized the World War I war dead of the Kaiserliche Marine, with the Kriegsmarine dead of World War II being added after 1945.