Title

Soviet tank monument at Potsdamer Chaussee in Berlin gets "bricked in"

Caption

Workers coat the Soviet tank monument at Potsdamer Chaussee in Berlin-Zehlendorf with wooden boards by order of American town major of Berlin, General Mathewson, on the 10th of August in 1951.
Unknown people had recently doused it with petrol and burnt it down.

Info+

Verwendung weltweit, usage worldwide

Date

Aug 10, 1951

Credit line

Photo12/dpa-pa

Reference

DPA13A04_235

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,2Mb (1,9Mb) / 12,7in x 18,1in / 3804 x 5436 (300dpi)

Keywords

Arbeiter Bauarbeiten Besatzung Besatzung Sowjetunion Besatzung USA Bretterwand Denkmal Geschichte Gruppe Militär Nachkriegszeit Panzer Panzerdenkmal Potsdamer Chaussee Provokation Rückansicht Sowjetisch Sowjetisches Denkmal Verkleidung Zwischenfälle europhotodb historisch worker labourer workers labourers occupation monument memorial history story group historic historical military Armed_Forces post-war_era post-war period after-war period tank armoured vehicle provocation reach_view disguise costume USA historic_archive