Same here made me feel like a newbie...

Read the book "The fall of Berlin" by Anthony Beever and you will won't be making the claims you are making.

Because the Soviets controlled East Berlin until the wall came down and the powers that be (wisely IMO) decided not to stir shit up by such a provocative action. Sure, the Soviets were atrocious, but it's a problem of Western education that far too few people realise it was the Soviets who broke the back of Nazis Germany militarily and, as a consequence, also suffered by far the worst casualties. Should we spit in the faces of the soldiers who died defeating the Nazis simply because their government was dreadful? IMO no, we shouldn't; it's not a memorial to the Soviet State, it's a memorial to the millions of Soviet soldiers who died fighting the Nazis. They were, after all, allies of the Western powers. I've been there, and it does seem odd in one respect because of the complication of the Soviet system, but I found once I viewed it as a memorial to those who died defeating the Nazis then I'm fine with it. I'm certainly not insisting you share that view, but I am offering it as an explanation and something to consider.

That Soviet War Memorial was in West Berlin, close to the Berlin Wall, during the Cold War. In the former East Berlin is an even larger Soviet War Memorial.

It is said that the Soviet troops may have raped as many as 1.5 million German women during their approach and capture of Berlin. Also, few remember that it was the Soviet Union that made a non-aggression pact with Hitler. They were in bed with him. The soviets also invaded Poland from the east. These are facts that few people ever bring up.

Regarding the memorial - It is also typical of human nature that when something becomes redundant to want to destroy it, and then want it preserved.

@@ReservoirPunk Not Really General Gorge Patton said we fought the wrong enemy.

May I ask you a questions since you live in Argentina? I am curious to know if , since many countries in South America speak Spanish, if you can tell by a certain accent what country they are from or if Spanish is the same in every country. Thank you.

the subway stop: let me introduce myself... that subway had the red marble floors in the chanceler office...

The station was called Anhalter Bahnhof and the remains are on Stresemannstraße. But what cbutchko said about the station is not quite true. The station was badly damaged during the war and could have been used again. However, due to the division of the city, it lost its importance completely and the remains were blown up and cleared in 1959, except for parts of the portal that can still be seen there today. Interesting fact: During the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, a train left the station every two minutes or another train arrived.

Creepy!

The Soviet memorials are fine

well thers still neo nazis and other people that vandalize things: its even been shown at many labor and execution camps like Auschwitz...

yeah no kidding!! i wonder if it ever heard of things the third reich was planning to put to use in labor camps or execution camps, new rules, other areas they wanted to rule over... for real it could of gave more info on the Nazis controlling ways...

he is American they are somehow unable to distinguish between England and Scotland

Yes indeed he went to see the Duke of Hamilton who he had met previously I think.

@@lewistaylor2858 I am not sure if thet know other countries were involved in defeating the Nazis apart from USA!

@@georgealderson4424 probably not

@@lewistaylor2858It is true as an american I can confirm I struggled with the concept.

Why?