Video size: 720p (1280 x 720 pixels) - 64.6 MB
Date: Thursday, 3 May 1945
Place: Berlin, Germany
Cameraman: various cameraman
On 3 May 1945, Marshal Georgy Zhukov, the celebrated Soviet commander who had led the Red Army to its decisive victory in the Battle of Berlin, made his historic visit to the German capital. Just three days after Adolf Hitler’s suicide and one day after Berlin’s surrender, Zhukov arrived in the devastated city as the supreme representative of Soviet military power. His inspection underscored the triumph of the USSR over Nazi Germany and marked the consolidation of Soviet control in the city. Riding through streets littered with rubble, Zhukov observed the destruction wrought by weeks of fierce fighting, while also coordinating the occupation zones with Allied representatives. His presence not only symbolized the Soviet role in defeating the Third Reich, but also foreshadowed the political reordering of Europe that would soon crystallize in the postwar division of Berlin. In this visit, he was accompanied by Arthur Pieck - the later general director of the East-German airline Interflug and son of the first president of the GDR, Wilhelm Pieck. In addition, the clip also shows the celebrations of the Red Army in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the Victory Column and the Lustgarten, which are shown with rare original sound.
Locations chronologically:
0:00 Reichtsag
0:26 Brandenburg Gate
1:34 Reich Chancellery (dead Hitler lookalike and dead Goebbels family)
3:15 Victory Column
4:06 Georgen Church (blown up in 1949)
4:40 City Palace - Kaiser Wilhelm National Monument (demolished 1949/1950)
4:55 Lustgarten and Altes Museum.
Source :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVJTWMIlQg
