When the Allies settled in Berlin (1945)
CHRONOS-MEDIA History
National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument |
I am pretty sure that the National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument appears briefly (3:35-4:08). It was erected in 1897 and demolished by the communists in 1950. Must have been in East Berlin. There might be a lesson here for all those morons running around screaming that all the old statues must be torn down. Well, there might be a lesson here, but I doubt those shitheads could comprehend it, much less learn anything.
Monuments are built for a reason, but that reason may not survive. But the fact that the monument was built can be a lesson for succeeding generations, if they are willing to think. Yeah, I know, thinking is passe. Screaming is what's happening now.
Timeline from the YouTube blurb:
0:00 Driving on the German Autobahn in direction to Berlin
0:50 Entering the US Berlin District
1:00 Picture of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
1:15 Soviet soldiers marching, probably on Straße des 17. Juni in direction of the Siegessäule
2:40 German refugees pulling carriage
2:56 Trümmerfrauen "rubble women" at work
3:25 destroyed Berliner Dom (Cathedral)
4:15 US military visiting the Neue Reichskanzlei
5:40 Berliner U-Bahn
5:56 Olympia Stadion (olympic stadion)
6:59 Olympic swimming pool
8:11 American Beach Club / Amerikanisches Strandbad
8:52 Trümmerfrauen "rubble women" at work
9:34 Galopprennbahn Hoppegarten
10:11 Strandbad Wannsee
13:37 US military playing golf
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