Showing posts with label Berlin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Berlin. Show all posts
Thursday, 1 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1936, Adolf Hitler presided over the Olympic Games as they opened in Berlin.
Thursday, 18 October 2012
On this day
On this day - 1944 - The call up for the Volkstrum begins in Germany, with all able-bodied men from the age of 16 - 60 to be conscripted.
German radio says 50,000 officers have been killed so far in the war.
Himmler becomes Commander-in-Chief.
German radio says 50,000 officers have been killed so far in the war.
Himmler becomes Commander-in-Chief.
Monday, 15 October 2012
Erected just a few months after the capture of the city of Berlin in 1945, this Soviet War Memorial sits in the Tiergarten, a large public park situated not far from the Brandenburg Gate.
Until the end of the Cold War, the memorial was guarded by several Soviet soldiers, even though it was located in the British sector of Berlin.
With my visit there I just stood in silence, contemplating the many people that gave their lives for the capture of Berlin from the Nazis.
Until the end of the Cold War, the memorial was guarded by several Soviet soldiers, even though it was located in the British sector of Berlin.
With my visit there I just stood in silence, contemplating the many people that gave their lives for the capture of Berlin from the Nazis.
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