Where I live, there are a lot of bomb craters in the woods just outside of town from the allied bombings in WWII. Whenever I take a walk in the woods it makes me think about what horrors went down this very place I‘m walking by, about 80 years ago. And now there are those craters left, in the peaceful woods, with birds chirping and nature turning quite a few of the craters into small ponds for animals to live. The scars of the horrors of the past are claimed for the peace of nature. It never ceases to amaze me.
Berlin is a very unique city, being divided after the war. What became West Berlin was basically torn down and rebuilt, all the battle damage is almost all gone or hard to find. East Berlin was a totally different story. If the structures were still standing and sound, basically nothing was done. I was stationed West Berlin in the early 70’s.
@@mikes1798 , during my tour, we ended up near the Czech border. On a Friday evening, the locals stood in line awaiting their turn to go into the local butcher shop, in order to get their weekly meat rations... equal to approximately 5 pounds per family of 4. Also, those who had TVs had to share their tvs during government broadcast, as there was believed to have been 1 appliance for every 5 families, during a time when state laws forbade the gathering of more than a handful of citizens in any location, due to fears of planning escapes. On the wall, they had guard towers, which were approximately 100 feet apart, and occupied by 2 Soviet soldiers, of which neither knew each other, and during their tours, their families were relocated to enclaves, in order that the guards thought twice about their own escapes.. both guards were warned that if the other attempted escape, they and their families could face a Court Martial with severe consequences.
The entire City is full of these scars from the War. This Video shows many of them, but there are so many more all over the city. And not only Berlin, look in any major city in central or eastern Europe and you’ll find these scars of history, to remind us of that terrible war we had 80 years ago.
Hi mate if you know of more locations of war damage in Berlin I would like to see them on my next trip to Berlin and I could do a second video next year.
Interesting. Thank you. when I visited in East Berlin 1984 there were still ruins and houses were in poor condition. I did stay in West Berlin but I spent one day in East side. Thank you for photos.
Russell, great job! There are places I didn't know. It is a very educational video and very well edited. It shows the scars of the war almost 80 years after it happened. We will keep waiting for more. Congratulations!. Greetings, Ignacio.
Thanks Ignacio for your comment, some of the war damage was quite shocking especially the stone work that gets eaten away by machine gun fire and shell impacts. And now the damage is protected by law so should be preserved for ever. All the best mate, good to hear from you.
@@Russell9241 Hi Russell, congratulations on the performance of the video, it is very interesting to the people, and congratulations on the growth of your channel. You have done a great job, we are waiting for more. A hug from Argentina.
@@IgnacioVeutroProductions Thanks Ignacio, you are such a good person and we have a great friendship, I hope to post a new production very soon, take care and best wishes to you, your family and Argentina, so a big hug from me also.
Russell, Thanks for this very interesting and worthwhile video. I live in Berlin myself and apart from seeing bullet holes and some scarring on the sides of some buildings it honestly never occurred to me to check more of it out. I will do so when I return there soon-thanks again and good luck on your future travels!
Hi Tom thanks for your comment really appreciated and I am hoping to visit Berlin again next June and follow up more WW2 true events and look for more war damage locations, Berlin is a really interesting place and I love cycling there.
Next to the Deutsche Technische museum, there are alot of railways magazine buildings, but only about 2/3rds of them have been restored and cleared or were unharmed in the war. Still to this day, it was fenced off, due to being uncleared of war debris, at least when I visited Berlin in 2016. It was pretty cool to see, that this is the exact same, untouched devestation that Berliners saw back then, and this is just still there, 71 years later
@@Russell9241 Yes please do. I also recommend the Museum, it was awesome. They had 3 sections, aircraft and air travel, Boats and shipping, and Railway history. So many awesome old vehicles and planes. They had a BF 110, a HE 219, a He 162 among other stuff
It was so interesting finding these places and seeing the war damaged buildings, I will go back next year and find more WW2 history to put on here, thanks for your comment.
@@kevincook1618 I think it was the soviet 55th guards tank brigade that advanced along this street and the armour piercing round does seem to melt its way through the metal.
I lived in the American Sector from December of 1961 to June of 1962 in West Berlin (but never encountered any other Americans while there). My sister and I would walk past a small church reduced to rubble on our way to a square to pick up a double-decker bus ~ that brought us to an American bus, that took us on the Air Base for school. There was a plaque commemorating it. I can't recall much about the plaque, except something about the church being destroyed by Allied bombers in WW II. It was not the Kaiser-Wilhelm church, however, which was much larger ~ and mostly still intact.
Excellent video....I have been to Berlin several times over the decades, and have seen a lot of war damaged buildings, but you have shown some damaged places I did not know of, thanks!!
At the mid e minute mark , could you imagine the steel ringing and glowing red as you were cowering behind it as possibly it might have been when the AP round went through it and exploded or possibly went a little further down before it exploded. Couldn't imagine what that would be like. Not all glory , more like death and gloom as people were dying everywhere around.
Yo viví en el Berlín de la caída del muro,y los rastros de la batalla son aún evidentemente en muchas fachadas de casas,arañadas por las balas de todos los calibres y miles y miles de balas en cada fachada Y si ibas a la zona oriental Había zonas que parecía que aún había combates. Escombros apilados cerca de casas y estas mucho más castigadas y rehabilitadas en el lado occidental También estuve en el único búnker antiaéreo gigante que quedaba Con muros de 6 de hormigón Y los proyectiles más potentes,solo habían dejado una marca Era impresionante
It is highly unlikely that a Panzerfaust would have been fired inside of a enclosed space, due to the backblast created when being fired. It would have injured the firer as well as anyone in the room.
I enjoyed the video. It's interesting how Europe is so used to war that things like this are looked past. In the US there are towns where homes are still standing where cannonballs and bullets are stuck in the sides of houses still and people treat them with such respect and reverence.
Use maps on your phone and I use cycle hire to visit these locations cycling to them is best way to travel around Berlin, can you let me know how long it takes to get through airport security with the new entry exit system starting in November this year.
@@Russell9241 oh shit, I didn't even think about that. Oh well, I am going to make a trip for the ages after the parachute jump in France. I have always wanted to go to Germany and Austria. I stopped at Ramstein AFB on my way back from deployment. But that's it. Thanks for the info my friend!
@@AnthonyBerardis-r1p Very welcome mate, also with the new entry exit system everyone visiting Europe has to buy the visa waiver that costs 7 euros and lasts 3 years without it you will not get through airport security, has to be done online and the new system requires fingerprints and biometric scan at the airport here and probably in Europe too
@@AnthonyBerardis-r1p Normally I visit Berlin every June but I read the new entry/exit system could take 8 hours to go through it, otherwise I could guide you to these places you want to see in Berlin, so I think I will see if it gets quicker the following year, if I hear this info is not true I may well go again next year with my son, will have to find out if I can, all the best mate.
An armour piercing round from a Russian tank made the hole in the steel part of the bridge, other dents probably shrapnel damage from high explosive shells.
There is shrapnel and bullet holes, usually shrapnel is an irregular shape and bullet a round shaped hole. Smaller shrapnel marks could be from hand grenades or tiny shell splinters
Are these locations in the former East Berlin side? I lived in West Berlin for three years and most of the bullet and bomb damage had been repaired. Rare to see a bullet hole in brick work unless one travelled into East Berlin and drove around the side streets.
My Uncles might have put a few of those bullets in the walls of Berlin as they were part of the Soviet Army that went into Berlin and my Dad was in lower Germany with the 2nd NZEF
The madness of destruction and casualties by a leader that would never accept defeat even at the cost of his entire population. Where do we hear these stories again today?
Well he & all other great Germans of their time new what the future would be like if they gave up , WOKE ! - MAN HATING FEMINISTS - SEXUAL PERVERTED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE - INTERBREEDING .... That's just a few things worth fighting against 🤔
The chips and holes in bricks, stone and steel are unquestionably from weapons. I'm doubtful about the hole in the sidewalk stone block, however, for several reasons. First, sidewalks and streets undergo constant use and need to be repaired and resurfaced regularly, unlike the walls of buildings. Second, I'm sure the bombs were larger than the hole, and a non-functioning bomb would therefore have caused more damage than is seen here.
I was told by a local man that it was from an allied bomb and that for many years there was a hole in the pavement that got filled with tarmac eventually.
...und da taucht auf einmal ein Kerl mit einer Panzerfaust auf, (13:50), wie ein Geist aus der Vergangenheit!!! Beeindruckend! Ähnliche "Schäden" kenn´ ich aus Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover... Wahre Mahnmäler!!!
All war damage in Berlin is now protected by law there, it was so interesting finding these places I thought it would be a good idea to share the locations.
Absolutely and a Russian tactic was if a building was a German strongpoint they would use artillery to collapse the building forcing the German defenders to abandon before it fell down and crushed them
You neede to take a look at the italien embassy there are sektion where you can even see destruction by bombs and verry intresting Shooting patterns in the walls.
warum wir wir als das volk sind nicht diejenigen die kontrolle haben. und "nichts gelernt" ist halt so uralt schwarz und weiss perspektive. schon klar wie es gemeint war, damit war sicherlich der russiche krieg usw gemeint dass es immer noch kriege auf der welt gibt
Hallo, du hast die Wohnhäuser an der Grellstr. zwichen Greifswalder Str. und Prenzlauer Allee nicht erwähnt. Vieles ist da renoviert, aber es sind noch Spuren zu sehen. Die ganzen Wohnzüge wurden beschossen. Gruß aus PrenzBerg.
That's weird. I'm watching the video right now, and I'm sitting in Berlin Neukölln, looking at a church tower in bright, beautiful weather, which shows numerous scars of the war.
@@Russell9241 Its the St Christopherus Church, in Nansenstrasse Neukölln. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Christophorus-Kirche_(Berlin-Neuk%C3%B6lln) There is a little Photo in Wikipedia, where you can see the holes.
I lived in Berlin Germany in the late 90s. I also lived there in 1987. I still can't believe they didn't fix War marks left over from the Second World War. It's goddamn disturbing. I'm 47 years old. The same marks were in there when I was 12 years old. The Germans are too God damn cheap to fix anything. I'm still a German citizen and a Canadian citizen. Watching this video makes me want to give up my German citizenship.
All war damage in Berlin is now protected by law and is important as a reminder to people of the horrors of war, I hope you will keep your German citizenship.
@@Russell9241 - You brought awareness to the curious. I'll use this vid as a reference to find these spots. Sooner or later I must see them. Next flight thru Berlin instead of Frankfurt. Thx again
@@nassermj7671 Thats great that you will visit Berlin, I can honestly say the best way to get around is on a cycle I always rent one from Take a Bike, near Friedrichstrasse train station they are very good and a weekly rate is 8 euro per day, single days about 12 euro this is how I get to all the locations in the video.
Great video! You know, I can appreciate a reminder here and there, but I wonder if all these reminders are keeping Germany from sending substantial numbers of offensive weapons to Ukraine? Don't get me wrong, Germany has done great in terms of humanitarian aid and support for Ukrainian refugees, but it could've approved sending all that old equipment in storage to help out.
It is also the graves of nazi resistance fighters who where murdered several days before the fall of Berlin. I just happen on it and was very special surprise. The image of Martin Luther with Bible in hand with the image of a classical tomb full of gun fire.
Da fallen mir dezent noch zwei Orte ein. Die Eisenbahnbrücken über der Yorckstraße. Da kann man noch gut sehen. Oder in meiner Ecke. Alt Friedrichsfelde. Über der Straße geht auch eine Eisenbahnbrücke entlang, wo die Mauern gut durchsiebt wurden. Damals in der Ruschestr. Lichtenberg. Konnte man entlang der Straße, sämtliche Einschläge in den Häuserwänden sehen. Leider wurden die Gebäuden vor vielen Jahren Gedämmt. So das man es nicht mehr sieht. In Grunde genommen. Wenn man durch ganz Berlin geht, sieht man wirklich hier und da ein paar Stellen.
@@Nitramrec Ich glaub der weiß selba net was er verzapft. Viele dieser Männeken sind Spinner die irgendwie in dieser braunen Soße feststecken. Mit heilig meint er also sicher nicht das heilige römische Reich deutscher Nation sondern Adolf Hosenpießlers kranken Traum von Europa.
@@Nitramrec NEIN, glauben heißt nicht wissen. ☝ ABER was ich weiß, daran glaube ich auch. Wenn ich weiß, dass ich gut bin, kann ich an mich glauben.(z.B. als Kampfsportler) Einfach glauben, dass ich gut bin ohne es zu wissen wäre eine Illusion. ☝ Genau so weiß ich, dass Deutschland einmal ein heiliges Deutschland war, u.a. DARUM WURDE ES VERNICHTET. Die BRD ist nicht Deutschland und schon gar kein Staat, sondern besetztes Gebiet auf dem HYBRIDER KRIEG gegen das noch verbliebene Deutsche Volk statt findet. VERSTANDEN ?
No its a very clean and well managed city, there are some areas that do have graffiti but its mainly quite nice art as at the East Side Gallery and there is other places such as around Mehringplatz and the Hackesche Hofe
@@stevenpiper970 I think it depends where you are. It`s true that graffiti paintings are less seen nowadays but in certain spots buildings are full. Especially in areas with low income population.
Germany won the war in late 1942. There was nothing Stalin could do to dislodge army group north from besieging Leningrad, absolutely nothing against army group center only 200 miles from Moscow….Ukraine was firmly under Axis control, Stalingrad the last arterial hub of the USSR was lost to Germany and the main arterial supply line of the USSR (the Volga River) was cut off. Stalin needed a miracle… Rommel was on his way to Egypt. U boats were devastating allied shipping in the Atlantic. Anglo Saxons kicked out of mainland Europe. Zionist regimes and Zionist propaganda no more. Peace for humanity
Where I live, there are a lot of bomb craters in the woods just outside of town from the allied bombings in WWII. Whenever I take a walk in the woods it makes me think about what horrors went down this very place I‘m walking by, about 80 years ago. And now there are those craters left, in the peaceful woods, with birds chirping and nature turning quite a few of the craters into small ponds for animals to live. The scars of the horrors of the past are claimed for the peace of nature. It never ceases to amaze me.
Thats amazing
Where is that?
@@DooDicky Gießen, which was struck by heavy allied bombings
Berlin is a very unique city, being divided after the war. What became West Berlin was basically torn down and rebuilt, all the battle damage is almost all gone or hard to find. East Berlin was a totally different story. If the structures were still standing and sound, basically nothing was done. I was stationed West Berlin in the early 70’s.
I was stationed in West Germany in the 80's...the Eastern side still had major damage, although the western side was repaired.
Common theme is Eastern Europe. Used politically as a reminder during the east block days.
@@mikes1798 , during my tour, we ended up near the Czech border. On a Friday evening, the locals stood in line awaiting their turn to go into the local butcher shop, in order to get their weekly meat rations... equal to approximately 5 pounds per family of 4.
Also, those who had TVs had to share their tvs during government broadcast, as there was believed to have been 1 appliance for every 5 families, during a time when state laws forbade the gathering of more than a handful of citizens in any location, due to fears of planning escapes.
On the wall, they had guard towers, which were approximately 100 feet apart, and occupied by 2 Soviet soldiers, of which neither knew each other, and during their tours, their families were relocated to enclaves, in order that the guards thought twice about their own escapes.. both guards were warned that if the other attempted escape, they and their families could face a Court Martial with severe consequences.
I was in Berlin Brigade in the late 70s-80s. I miss it a great deal, Berliner curry wurst is the best. Co. F 40th Armor///2nd Bn 6th Inf.
Most likely due to communists couldnt afford to do the same as the west did LOL
The entire City is full of these scars from the War. This Video shows many of them, but there are so many more all over the city. And not only Berlin, look in any major city in central or eastern Europe and you’ll find these scars of history, to remind us of that terrible war we had 80 years ago.
Hi mate if you know of more locations of war damage in Berlin I would like to see them on my next trip to Berlin and I could do a second video next year.
Same for Munich, buildings on Leopold and Ludwigsstraße including university were heavily damaged
in london southampton coventry many places in the UK
Budapest has entire streets that are untouched except patching holes so the water doesn't come in.
@@ChannelNotFound Interesting
Interesting. Thank you. when I visited in East Berlin 1984 there were still ruins and houses were in poor condition. I did stay in West Berlin but I spent one day in East side. Thank you for photos.
Russell, great job! There are places I didn't know.
It is a very educational video and very well edited. It shows the scars of the war almost 80 years after it happened.
We will keep waiting for more.
Congratulations!. Greetings, Ignacio.
Thanks Ignacio for your comment, some of the war damage was quite shocking especially the stone work that gets eaten away by machine gun fire and shell impacts. And now the damage is protected by law so should be preserved for ever. All the best mate, good to hear from you.
@@Russell9241 Hi Russell, congratulations on the performance of the video, it is very interesting to the people, and congratulations on the growth of your channel. You have done a great job, we are waiting for more.
A hug from Argentina.
@@IgnacioVeutroProductions Thanks Ignacio, you are such a good person and we have a great friendship, I hope to post a new production very soon, take care and best wishes to you, your family and Argentina, so a big hug from me also.
@@Russell9241 👍
Russell,
Thanks for this very interesting and worthwhile video. I live in Berlin myself and apart from seeing bullet holes and some scarring on the sides of some buildings it honestly never occurred to me to check more of it out. I will do so when I return there soon-thanks again and good luck on your future travels!
Hi Tom thanks for your comment really appreciated and I am hoping to visit Berlin again next June and follow up more WW2 true events and look for more war damage locations, Berlin is a really interesting place and I love cycling there.
Next to the Deutsche Technische museum, there are alot of railways magazine buildings, but only about 2/3rds of them have been restored and cleared or were unharmed in the war. Still to this day, it was fenced off, due to being uncleared of war debris, at least when I visited Berlin in 2016. It was pretty cool to see, that this is the exact same, untouched devestation that Berliners saw back then, and this is just still there, 71 years later
Thank you I will take a look on my next visit to Berlin
@@Russell9241 Yes please do. I also recommend the Museum, it was awesome. They had 3 sections, aircraft and air travel, Boats and shipping, and Railway history. So many awesome old vehicles and planes. They had a BF 110, a HE 219, a He 162 among other stuff
@@eliaslundstedt5607 I did not know they had things like that in there, sounds interesting I will have a look, thanks for the info.
Pretty cool to see the rifling where that round went through the bridge beam..
It was so interesting finding these places and seeing the war damaged buildings, I will go back next year and find more WW2 history to put on here, thanks for your comment.
I think what we're seeing is actually the multiple steel plates the round penetrated. Yes, very cool.
@@kevincook1618 I think it was the soviet 55th guards tank brigade that advanced along this street and the armour piercing round does seem to melt its way through the metal.
In the grand scale of history, WW2 relative to today was like two days ago.
Many of the monuments and buildings in London still have shrapnel and bullit damage from the war.
I lived in the American Sector from December of 1961 to June of 1962 in West Berlin (but never encountered any other Americans while there). My sister and I would walk past a small church reduced to rubble on our way to a square to pick up a double-decker bus ~ that brought us to an American bus, that took us on the Air Base for school. There was a plaque commemorating it. I can't recall much about the plaque, except something about the church being destroyed by Allied bombers in WW II. It was not the Kaiser-Wilhelm church, however, which was much larger ~ and mostly still intact.
Berlin must have been a terrifying place in those final days...
Absolutely and its such an interesting city to explore on a cycle.
@@Russell9241 That must be amazing...enjoy it...and keep posting
Yeahhhh ....the Germans got to find out what it was like for all the countries and towns they bombed and shelled during the war
@@bigglesbiggles4999 Die alliierten haben mit der scheisse angefangen in 1919
@@bigglesbiggles4999 Halt die Fresse
Damn, i visited Berlin three months ago, i wish i had seen your Video prior, i wouldve visited all the locations.
Great video! Maybe do one with all the interiors of WW2 era buildings
Excellent video....I have been to Berlin several times over the decades, and have seen a lot of war damaged buildings, but you have shown some damaged places I did not know of, thanks!!
Cool Video! I remember at the embassy of Belgium in Berlin there is a gold shining metalplate near the door with bulletholes/wardamage.
At the mid e minute mark , could you imagine the steel ringing and glowing red as you were cowering behind it as possibly it might have been when the AP round went through it and exploded or possibly went a little further down before it exploded. Couldn't imagine what that would be like. Not all glory , more like death and gloom as people were dying everywhere around.
What is also amazing is the verminous pest of graffiti
hehe😂
I've seen a few of these but definitely would love to see the ones I havnt. Great video!
Wow, eye opening to say the least. Thank you
Suggestion to people watching: put the speed setting at .5 (half speed). It's a great video, but moves a bit too fast.
Awesome, that scars are the sacred memory of our past..and the best museum of the war, always must be preserved..!!!
Greetz from Berlin! Nice Job dude!
Thanks Torben, Berlin is my favourite city I will be back next year to cycle more of it
Yo viví en el Berlín de la caída del muro,y los rastros de la batalla son aún evidentemente en muchas fachadas de casas,arañadas por las balas de todos los calibres y miles y miles de balas en cada fachada
Y si ibas a la zona oriental
Había zonas que parecía que aún había combates.
Escombros apilados cerca de casas y estas mucho más castigadas y rehabilitadas en el lado occidental
También estuve en el único búnker antiaéreo gigante que quedaba
Con muros de 6 de hormigón
Y los proyectiles más potentes,solo habían dejado una marca
Era impresionante
I had no idea so much remained, very interesting.
It is highly unlikely that a Panzerfaust would have been fired inside of a enclosed space, due to the backblast created when being fired. It would have injured the firer as well as anyone in the room.
It would be nice if you slow it down so we can read the captions most of aren’t speed readers!
Just press pause and read them, then its as long as you want to read the captions.
Seems like a lot of damage but Is it possible the Dorotheenstadt cemetery was a convenient bunker?
Highly likely it was used as a bunker, Russians did advance through graveyards in Berlin.
Very interesting, realy enjoyable this film , incredible to see all thé scars from war
Thanks Andrew, I will go back to Berlin and find more locations next year.
I was in London and also noticed some of those same bullet divots near the Big Ben.
You know, there was no war in Britain?
The blitz on a bridge I saw machine gun bullets marks probably from bombers firing their machine guns
I enjoyed the video. It's interesting how Europe is so used to war that things like this are looked past. In the US there are towns where homes are still standing where cannonballs and bullets are stuck in the sides of houses still and people treat them with such respect and reverence.
Thank you for your comment, I have seen videos on RUclips that showed the the damage to buildings from the American civil war, and its so interesting.
In one of our churches stucks a canonball from 1615
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Wonderful video, thank you.
I love Berlin such an interesting city, I find these places by cycling there when on holiday
I am heading there next June after the D DAY jump in France. How do I locate these sights. Any suggestions for me?
Use maps on your phone and I use cycle hire to visit these locations cycling to them is best way to travel around Berlin, can you let me know how long it takes to get through airport security with the new entry exit system starting in November this year.
@@Russell9241 oh shit, I didn't even think about that. Oh well, I am going to make a trip for the ages after the parachute jump in France. I have always wanted to go to Germany and Austria. I stopped at Ramstein AFB on my way back from deployment. But that's it. Thanks for the info my friend!
@@AnthonyBerardis-r1p Very welcome mate, also with the new entry exit system everyone visiting Europe has to buy the visa waiver that costs 7 euros and lasts 3 years without it you will not get through airport security, has to be done online and the new system requires fingerprints and biometric scan at the airport here and probably in Europe too
@@Russell9241 OK brother. I should get on that soon or I will end up forgetting about it. I will parachute into France and be stuck there!😂
@@AnthonyBerardis-r1p Normally I visit Berlin every June but I read the new entry/exit system could take 8 hours to go through it, otherwise I could guide you to these places you want to see in Berlin, so I think I will see if it gets quicker the following year, if I hear this info is not true I may well go again next year with my son, will have to find out if I can, all the best mate.
Well done! Beautifull images of silent remembrance to a fierce fight in the last days of the 3rd reich.
what ammo made the holes in the bridge steel? That was some thick layerd steel
An armour piercing round from a Russian tank made the hole in the steel part of the bridge, other dents probably shrapnel damage from high explosive shells.
Sehr interessant.
Würde mich echt wunder nehmen was das für Einschläge sind? Panzerfaust? Panzer? oder ???
Wahrscheinlich Panzerrunden
Could those holes be shrapnel damage as well?
There is shrapnel and bullet holes, usually shrapnel is an irregular shape and bullet a round shaped hole. Smaller shrapnel marks could be from hand grenades or tiny shell splinters
Thank you.
Bullet holes still visible today after nearly 80 years now
Interesting but not enough time to read some of the longer captions fully.
I know the idea is to press pause and read the information between each location
I had this problem too. I've just taken a photo with my cellphone from them. 👍😁
Are these locations in the former East Berlin side? I lived in West Berlin for three years and most of the bullet and bomb damage had been repaired. Rare to see a bullet hole in brick work unless one travelled into East Berlin and drove around the side streets.
Some is and some is not, one can look on google maps to find the locations and probably work it out from that.
There's probally alot in East Berlin
My Uncles might have put a few of those bullets in the walls of Berlin as they were part of the Soviet Army that went into Berlin and my Dad was in lower Germany with the 2nd NZEF
Cool! And you son's are currently removing the Ukrainian Nazis from power? Generations of heroes!
They were in that battle?
Which side were they
Here in Warsaw is hard to find scars from the ww2. The city was flated to the ground.
It was and they did a great job rebuilding the city much like it used to be, some of the ghetto walls are still there that survived the destruction.
The madness of destruction and casualties by a leader that would never accept defeat even at the cost of his entire population. Where do we hear these stories again today?
And now the world has a deluded despot with nukes to worry about.
Well he & all other great Germans of their time new what the future would be like if they gave up , WOKE ! - MAN HATING FEMINISTS - SEXUAL PERVERTED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE - INTERBREEDING .... That's just a few things worth fighting against 🤔
Who
You mean Joe
very nice video
I wonder if the tomb was used as a pillbox?
Yes it was
The chips and holes in bricks, stone and steel are unquestionably from weapons. I'm doubtful about the hole in the sidewalk stone block, however, for several reasons. First, sidewalks and streets undergo constant use and need to be repaired and resurfaced regularly, unlike the walls of buildings. Second, I'm sure the bombs were larger than the hole, and a non-functioning bomb would therefore have caused more damage than is seen here.
I was told by a local man that it was from an allied bomb and that for many years there was a hole in the pavement that got filled with tarmac eventually.
Many pavements of this kind in Berlin are over 70 years old. So there is a realistic chance that this one is also from pre-WWII times.
Fascinating piece of history 👏👏🏴🇬🇧
The black flag🤣🤣🤣
No sound ?
...und da taucht auf einmal ein Kerl mit einer Panzerfaust auf, (13:50), wie ein Geist aus der Vergangenheit!!! Beeindruckend!
Ähnliche "Schäden" kenn´ ich aus Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover...
Wahre Mahnmäler!!!
Danke sehr
crazy times
It looks like After the battle then & now magazine !
Same in text for Neue Museum: ...would HAVE been under intense...
What could have put them holes in that thick steel bridge like that?
Armour piercing round from a Russian tank, literally melts its way through steel plate.
I'd love to see those. I hope they leave history alone.
Enough there to reset ones gyroscope.
All war damage in Berlin is now protected by law there, it was so interesting finding these places I thought it would be a good idea to share the locations.
It's incredible how it's looks like they fought for every meter in each street and square.
Absolutely and a Russian tactic was if a building was a German strongpoint they would use artillery to collapse the building forcing the German defenders to abandon before it fell down and crushed them
You neede to take a look at the italien embassy there are sektion where you can even see destruction by bombs and verry intresting Shooting patterns in the walls.
Thank you I will check that
I know of one security guard at a Berlin museum that we missed
the bullet scars on the building in the cemetery made me wonder if people were sheltering in there, and that's why it was a target.
It might of been used like a bunker by German defenders to draw that much firepower hitting it.
Diese Mauern sollten Mahnung sein.Wir haben aber daraus nichts gelernt. 😥
warum wir
wir als das volk sind nicht diejenigen die kontrolle haben. und "nichts gelernt" ist halt so uralt schwarz und weiss perspektive. schon klar wie es gemeint war, damit war sicherlich der russiche krieg usw gemeint dass es immer noch kriege auf der welt gibt
Hallo, du hast die Wohnhäuser an der Grellstr. zwichen Greifswalder Str. und Prenzlauer Allee nicht erwähnt. Vieles ist da renoviert, aber es sind noch Spuren zu sehen. Die ganzen Wohnzüge wurden beschossen. Gruß aus PrenzBerg.
Hallo, also der genannte Ort hat noch sichtbare Kriegsschäden. Ich werde versuchen, es bei meinem nächsten Berlin-Besuch zu finden, danke für die Info
That's weird. I'm watching the video right now, and I'm sitting in Berlin Neukölln, looking at a church tower in bright, beautiful weather, which shows numerous scars of the war.
Amazing, I would love to see this church on my next trip to Berlin, do you know the name of the church or the street name
@@Russell9241 Its the St Christopherus Church, in Nansenstrasse Neukölln. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Christophorus-Kirche_(Berlin-Neuk%C3%B6lln)
There is a little Photo in Wikipedia, where you can see the holes.
Amazing how much Scorch is left after the years pass.
War is hell.
Does this have sound?
Not really slow motion wont record sound or the photos.
Sad this happened
I lived in Berlin Germany in the late 90s. I also lived there in 1987. I still can't believe they didn't fix War marks left over from the Second World War. It's goddamn disturbing. I'm 47 years old. The same marks were in there when I was 12 years old. The Germans are too God damn cheap to fix anything. I'm still a German citizen and a Canadian citizen. Watching this video makes me want to give up my German citizenship.
All war damage in Berlin is now protected by law and is important as a reminder to people of the horrors of war, I hope you will keep your German citizenship.
Great video, what a waste of bullets on buildings that didn't do anything wrong.
Don't care
The lebnizstraße bridge is cool
Incredible workmanship!
Quiet sights right? For the men involved death all over
sometimes turning to long bayonets! Just picture that.
Yes most were in quiet locations the amount of firepower hitting hitting some buildings was immense
@@Russell9241 - You brought awareness to the curious. I'll use this vid as a reference to find these spots. Sooner or later I must see them. Next flight thru Berlin instead of Frankfurt. Thx again
@@nassermj7671 Thats great that you will visit Berlin, I can honestly say the best way to get around is on a cycle I always rent one from Take a Bike, near Friedrichstrasse train station they are very good and a weekly rate is 8 euro per day, single days about 12 euro this is how I get to all the locations in the video.
Great video! You know, I can appreciate a reminder here and there, but I wonder if all these reminders are keeping Germany from sending substantial numbers of offensive weapons to Ukraine? Don't get me wrong, Germany has done great in terms of humanitarian aid and support for Ukrainian refugees, but it could've approved sending all that old equipment in storage to help out.
Why
It is also the graves of nazi resistance fighters who where murdered several days before the fall of Berlin. I just happen on it and was very special surprise. The image of Martin Luther with Bible in hand with the image of a classical tomb full of gun fire.
3:51 this is crazy
you guess about this Locations or do you know ?
Unglaublich was man nach den vielen Jahren noch alles sehen kann!
…wenn die Bauwerke reden könnten..😬
So eine interessante Stadt, ich kann es kaum erwarten, zurückzugehen und mehr Geschichte aus dem 2. Weltkrieg zu entdecken
Memory
Thanks for the video, some chilling sites of war, very interesting!!😎🇬🇧🇺🇦
Such an awesome video
The 3 ballon under the bridge for ww3??
Da fallen mir dezent noch zwei Orte ein.
Die Eisenbahnbrücken über der Yorckstraße.
Da kann man noch gut sehen.
Oder in meiner Ecke.
Alt Friedrichsfelde.
Über der Straße geht auch eine Eisenbahnbrücke entlang, wo die Mauern gut durchsiebt wurden.
Damals in der Ruschestr. Lichtenberg.
Konnte man entlang der Straße, sämtliche Einschläge in den Häuserwänden sehen.
Leider wurden die Gebäuden vor vielen Jahren Gedämmt.
So das man es nicht mehr sieht.
In Grunde genommen.
Wenn man durch ganz Berlin geht, sieht man wirklich hier und da ein paar Stellen.
Danke für die Info, ich bin die Yorckstraße entlang gefahren, habe keine Kriegsschäden bemerkt, werde ich beim nächsten Besuch nochmal anschauen
Класс.. Вот интересно, чем пробили стойки моста🤔.... Надеюсь Повторить не кто не Желает 🤔🤬🤬..
RIP heiliges Deutschland ❤
"heilig"? Bist Du etwa gläubig?
@@Nitramrec Ich glaub der weiß selba net was er verzapft. Viele dieser Männeken sind Spinner die irgendwie in dieser braunen Soße feststecken. Mit heilig meint er also sicher nicht das heilige römische Reich deutscher Nation sondern Adolf Hosenpießlers kranken Traum von Europa.
@@Nitramrec NEIN, glauben heißt nicht wissen. ☝
ABER
was ich weiß, daran glaube ich auch.
Wenn ich weiß, dass ich gut bin, kann ich an mich glauben.(z.B. als Kampfsportler)
Einfach glauben, dass ich gut bin ohne es zu wissen wäre eine Illusion. ☝
Genau so weiß ich, dass Deutschland einmal ein heiliges Deutschland war, u.a. DARUM WURDE ES VERNICHTET.
Die BRD ist nicht Deutschland und schon gar kein Staat, sondern besetztes Gebiet auf dem HYBRIDER KRIEG gegen das noch
verbliebene Deutsche Volk statt findet.
VERSTANDEN ?
@@Nitramrec Nein,der ist bekannt bei solchen Themen und Braun bis in die Haarspitzen !
🇪🇺🇩🇪
@@martinmiessler5025 de facto bist du Grün bis unter die Fingernägel , gelle ?
People in ww2 must have had really shit aim
But nah fr this is really interesting. Great video 👍
6:39 whats that ?
Mausoleum Stargardt in Dorotheenstadt cemetery
Must have been hectic
It's not "would of": it's "would have".
Cry
Looks like Chicago
Warum ohne ton
Berlin is a Spooky Place . . . . . . .. . .. . . day or night . . .
Is it true that modern Berlin is plagued with graffiti ?
No its a very clean and well managed city, there are some areas that do have graffiti but its mainly quite nice art as at the East Side Gallery and there is other places such as around Mehringplatz and the Hackesche Hofe
@@Russell9241 that is good to hear. thank you for your reply
@@stevenpiper970 I think it depends where you are. It`s true that graffiti paintings are less seen nowadays but in certain spots buildings are full. Especially in areas with low income population.
@@stevenpiper970 go to Neukölln Kreuzberg its awful
where are the BEFORE pics to go with the after????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Sredzkistrasse text, last sentence: But it is likely other bombs would HAVE devastated this street. ("of" is meaningless here.)
Germany won the war in late 1942. There was nothing Stalin could do to dislodge army group north from besieging Leningrad, absolutely nothing against army group center only 200 miles from Moscow….Ukraine was firmly under Axis control, Stalingrad the last arterial hub of the USSR was lost to Germany and the main arterial supply line of the USSR (the Volga River) was cut off. Stalin needed a miracle…
Rommel was on his way to Egypt. U boats were devastating allied shipping in the Atlantic. Anglo Saxons kicked out of mainland Europe. Zionist regimes and Zionist propaganda no more. Peace for humanity
Soviet artillery is scary :) can't imagine scars on Ukraine after war ends
Had to have exploded as soon as it went through it.
a world made safe for graffitti taggers on 3 continents
I see most of these as big symbols to the germans that they where defeated in shame
"Schöne arbeit bravo usa .."!!!!!!....
Danke schön
Omg
Those soldiers should practice their aim a little…