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Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park

A colossal memorial and cemetery for Soviet soldiers who died taking Berlin, with a 12-meter statue of a soldier holding a child.

Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
Puschkinallee, 12435 BerlinDirections
Getting There
Treptower Park station (S-Bahn).

Why Go

Some 7,000 Soviet soldiers are buried here, under a monument opened in 1949. Stone sarcophagi carved with scenes of the war line the way to the giant statue on its mound.

It's in a riverside park in the east of the city.

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