City Hall Spandau (Berlin)

During the Battle of Berlin, the city hall of Spandau was turned into an important Soviet strongpoint. The tower was used for observation and a number of machine gun teams were stationed here that caused many casualties among the German defenders. The German army tried to capture this city hall by letting two Tiger tanks firing on the tower while a small detachement of the 9.Fallschirmjäger-Division stormed the city hall. The damage of this battle can still be found on the city hall today.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: TracesOfWar (1), Kaj Metz (2, 3, 4, 5)