War and Art at the Soviet Memorial in Treptow

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Basic Information
Total time
2 hours 30 minutes
Language
Spanish
Price
„Pay what you wish” tours do not have a fixed price. It is up to you to evaluate your guide’s work and reward it. Some people give 10€, others 50€ depending on their satisfaction and abilities.
Meeting point
Puschkinallee 14, 12435 Berlin, in front of the café Sesam.Go to map
About

Do you want to know what nobody has told us? Do you want to discover history and art from a Soviet perspective and understand the origins of the division of Berlin, Germany and the world for half a century? This is the tour for you.


The Soviet memorial in Treptower Park is the most impressive example of the Soviet footprint in Berlin. Germany’s largest military cemetery and Western Europe’s largest anti-fascist memorial. The resting place of 8000 Soviet soldiers who died in Berlin will allow us to discover the history that has been hidden from us from the West. An essential and revealing tour to understand German history.


Contents of the tour:



  • The Battle of Berlin and the end of the war.

  • The Great Patriotic War, or the Soviet account of history.

  • Stalinism and art.

  • Nazis vs. Reds: the ideological war.

  • Communism: the new Religion.

  • Hitler’s plans in Eastern Europe.

  • Forgotten victims: women, prisoners and Slavs.

  • Military cemeteries and the political use of grief.

  • The Soviet army in the GDR.

  • Berlin in the 21st century. Neither poor nor sexy. The Defeat of Socialism.

  • Bibliography, filmography and museum guide related to the tour.


Meeting Point
Puschkinallee 14, 12435 Berlin, in front of the café Sesam.

BOOKING RULES
Our pay as you wish tours are designed for individual travellers and small groups. We don’t accept parties of more than 7 people on them. If you travel in a party of 8 or more (school groups, bigger groups of friends etc.), please choose a paid option, if it's available, or book a Private Tour. For more information on the latter, please contact us.



Will is an interesting and knowledgeable guide-- highly recommended.

Rated 5.0 out of 5
8 hours ago

We’ve history buffs who have lived in Berlin for 10 years who know a fair amount about local history and we still learned and saw things we hadn’t run into before on the tour. Highly recommended.

Ben

Really good

Rated 5.0 out of 5
6 days ago

Ru was passionnating and very interesting

Thème leelou

Excellent educational tour

Rated 5.0 out of 5
3 weeks ago

Thanks Will for providing such an educational and informative tour. Will’s presentation was well organized and filled with interesting facts and stories. His caring and gentle manner made for a quick 3 hour emersion in German socialist and communist history.

Michael

Would recommend to anyone visiting Berlin!

Rated 5.0 out of 5
1 month ago

An compelling journey through Berlin and Germany’s history. Our tour guide Ru was extremely knowledgeable and a great storyteller. Also gave us the chance to stop for a coffee which is always great on a longer tour! Really impressed

Maddie

A quality history lesson on site

Rated 5.0 out of 5
1 month ago

Ru is an amazing guide! Very informative and fun! It is amazing how much history is in every small details of the city!

Maria


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