Cemetery of honor for the dead of the Red Army (Bernau near Berlin)

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The cemetery of honor for the fallen of the Red Army in Bernau near Berlin (Brandenburg) was built in 1947 in the ramparts in front of the northern city wall opposite the war memorial . The system was designed in the art workshop by Professor Lauermann.

The center of the memorial is an approximately six meter high stone obelisk. At the end there is a cannonball with a gold-plated Soviet star on top . Leaning against the base of the obelisk are two bronze honorary wreaths.

In front of the monument are two smaller obelisks about 1.70 meters high with gold-plated cannon balls on top. The complex is flanked by two memorial stones in which the names of the Red Army soldiers who died near Bernau are engraved in gold letters .

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Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ 48.5 "  N , 13 ° 35 ′ 5.8"  E