Although these two images appear to show the same scene, albeit a century apart, they do in fact show two differing locations, as the Siegessäule shown way in the distance was actually situated until 1939 at Königsplatz, the head of the Siegesallee, in front of the Bundestag.
It was moved by the Nazis shortly before the outbreak of WWII as part of Berlin’s restructuring to become the new German capital called Germania, to its present location at the Großer Stern on what was then called the Charlottenburger Chaussee, but is now known as the Straße des 17 Juni, in honour of the East-German uprising of 1953.
Postcard view from c.1920
View of the Straße des 17 Juni from 2020
- Frobenstraße Bridge
- Lietzensee Park
- Gendarmenmarkt 1951
- Goethe-Schule-Wilmersdorf
- Berlin Cathedral
- St. Hedwig’s Cathedral
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in the Hasenheide
- Brandenburg Gate, 1951
- Charlottenburg Palace
- Stadtpark Schöneberg
- Straße des 17 Juni
- The Brandenburg Gate
- Berlin Cathedral
- Bülowstraße
- The Altes Museum
- Palace Bridge
- Old Fritz
- The Gendarmenmarkt
- The Bode Museum
- The Anhalter Bridge
© Andrew James Kirkwood – 2024