An unposted 4 1/8" x 5 3/4" RPPC. East Berlin Germany Real Photo Postcard Russia Garden of Remembrance . Circa 1955, view IN ALMOST the very heart of the Soviet Sector, which is East Berlin, there is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in all the world. This is the "Garden of Remembrance," Soviet Russia's tribute to those of its soldiers who died in the siege of Berlin. Once this was a splendid park called Treptow Park, one of the finest in the great metropolis. It was laid out in 1876 on the shores of the Spree River. The wide avenue with trees lining both sides used to be Treptower Chaussee, but the Soviets decided that Puschkin Allee sounded much better and that is what it is today. The center of this park was taken over by the Soviets and transformed into its Red Army War Memorial — "The Garden of Remembrance." In five sections of an extensive lawn are reputed to be the bodies of at least 2,000 Soviet soldiers who died in the battle for the city. On a hill at the end are said to be about 600 more of their dead. No vehicles of any kind are permitted inside this cemetery. Nor is one permitted even to smoke. A visitor walks up a wide line until he comes to a statue impressive in its eloquence. It is of a Russian mother mourning. The symbolism is clear, for the designers intended to portray her as Mother Russia mourning her dead sons. It is a work that leaves a deep impression upon all who see it, even though conflicting thoughts race through the mind. Few realize that the memorial, although designed by Soviet architects, was built by German laborers who worked day and night for 18 months to complete it.