Neue Wache Review

A statue of a mother holding a dead son carved by an artist in Berlin during World War II. Because there is a statue, it is difficult to visit only for this during the trip, but it clearly shows the horror of the war.

Located in the black city center of Berlin, the new sentry, also known as the Memorial of the Victims of War and tyranny in the Federal Republic of Germany, is a German memory of history. In a huge Memorial hall, there is only a statue of a mother curled up on the ground with her child, which makes people feel very dignified and makes people more deeply realize the importance of peace.

The new post is located in Bodhi Street, close to the German Museum of History. This is Schenkel's work, built in 1816, was the earliest guard of the Royal Prussian Army, so it is called "New Guard". In 1931, it was changed to a memorial hall to commemorate Prussian soldiers who died in World War I. The name was also changed to "Memorial Hall for the Dead Soldiers", but it was bombed and destroyed a few months before the end of World War II. In 1960, the East German government restored the new post as "Memorial for Victims of Fascism and Militarism". After the reunification of Germany, the new sentry was renovated and renamed "Memorial of Victims of War and tyranny in the Federal Republic of Germany" with the central placing of the Kaiser Coleridge sculpture "Mother and Dead Son".

The site was once a Royal Army post, first built in 1816, and in 1931 was converted into a memorial hall for the dead martyrs, commemorating the soldiers who died in World War I, and later destroyed and rebuilt.

The memorial is free to visit. It has no gorgeous buildings. Inside it is only a bronze statue of a sad mother. But when we know about ruthless war, we will realize its accusation of war.