The Soviet war Memorial in Treptow, Berlin

Bibliographic Data

ID4489375
AuthorsPaul Stangl (corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume93
Issue2
Pages213-236
Publication date2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1931-0846.2003.tb00030.x
OpenAlexW2040853217
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited54

The Soviet War Memorial in Treptow, Berlin, was an important emblem of political power and ideology during and after the cold war. Designed as the Soviet Union's premiere extraterritorial battlefield shrine, the site combines a veterans' cemetery with a large‐scale memorial complex celebrating the Soviet victory in World War II. The monument was intended for use in Soviet military commemorative activity and became a key sacred space in the Cult of the Soviet War Dead, but its location in Berlin meant that it served other political purposes. By avoiding definitive statements on key issues the memorial attained a semantic flexibility that enabled it to remain a focal point of commemorative activity for decades. The memorial continues to play a part in contemporary Berlin, though the political overtones are now overshadowed by its role as a shrine to the war dead.KeywordsBerlinnational identitySoviet memorialsurban landscapeveterans' cemeteries Additional informationNotes on contributorsPaul StanglDr. Stangl is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557‐0048

Ancient history · Archaeology · Cult · Economic history · Emblem · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Soviet union · Spanish Civil War · Victory · World War II · European history and politics · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Religious Tourism and Spaces

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub