The Battle of Berlin resulted in a total of 80,000 deaths for the Soviet Army. Due to the impossibility of repatriating the bodies of the fallen, the Soviet Union decided to build different memorials around Berlin for their eternal rest. The Schönholzer Heide memorial houses the moral remains of 13,200 Soviet soldiers who fought against the last Nazi resistance during the Battle of Berlin.
The monument stands out for the sobriety in its construction. The materials used, as with the Tiergarten memorial or the Treptower Park memorial, came from the rubble of the New Reich Chancellery. The monument was built between 1945 and 1949.
The memorial is presided over by a large gray limestone obelisk and by an allegorical sculpture of the Motherland Russia weeping for her children who fell in combat. Around the main courtyard are the mass graves of the 13,200 soldiers buried there.
How to get to the Soviet Memorial Schönholzer Heide
To get to the Schönholzer Heide monument we must get to the S-bahn Schönholz station with the S1 line. Then we will have to walk 1,500 meters to the memorial. To know the best combination to arrive you can consult the following LINK.
Opening hours
The monument remains open during the following hours:
- April to September – 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- October to March – 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Free admission.