Abstract

For residents of West Berlin, the deployment of Soviet tanks in the Eastern zone came as a shock. In this June 17th photograph, Berliners standing in the British portion of Potsdamer Platz watch as Soviet tanks drive across Leipziger Platz and down Leipziger Straße in the Soviet sector.

View from the West: Soviet Tanks in East Berlin (June 17, 1953)

Benno Wundshammer

Source

Source: From the British-occupied part of Potsdamer Platz, Berliners watch the Soviet tanks on Leipziger Strasse. In the background, the former Wertheim department store in the Soviet sector on Leipziger Strasse. Photo: Benno Wundshammer.
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Recommended Citation

View from the West: Soviet Tanks in East Berlin (June 17, 1953), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/occupation-and-the-emergence-of-two-states-1945-1961/ghdi:image-1029> [December 21, 2024].