Potsdamer Platz

[Cor]

Besides my fascination for the area of the reichschancellery, i always been interested in the area of the potsdamer platz, because of the many changes took place.

I'm always wandering if the s-bahn entrance i indicated with an arrow are the same s-bahn entrances? I always thought this because of the "old look" of this entrance. Maybe im completely wrong but is there anybody who knows more.

in the chancellery thread there a made some nice overlays, maybe i or somebody else can do this with the potsdamer platz area, but then we must have a good image of the situation at 1945.

[robertmountfor]

Hello Cor, here are two pics, one of Pts Plz Ubhf I took in 1990.
As you can see, Wilhelmstrasse was not so busy then.....!

[robertmountfor]

And in this old Kodak montage of two pictures, the remains of Prinzalbrechtstrasse Headquarters.

[Red star]

Metamorphosises occured with the Potsdam area too where always interesting to me.

[Mannheim]

I would particularly like to see an overlay or map of where Turk's King Tiger stood in relation to today's Potsdamer Platz. I have recent (i.e. 2011) photos of Potsdamer Platz if that makes the job easier.

[Red star]

I would particularly like to see an overlay or map of where Turk's King Tiger stood in relation to today's Potsdamer Platz. I have recent (i.e. 2011) photos of Potsdamer Platz if that makes the job easier.

The tank of the Turk stood near east wall Pschorr-Haus.

[Red star]

Other foreshortening.

[Red star]

The tank supposedly stood about here.

[Red star]

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[Mannheim]

Thanks, Red Star. Just what I wanted. I was under the impression that there was once a Potsdamer Bahnhof - as opposed to the U Bahn - and that the Turk King Tiger stood in front of it. I'm guessing that the tank stood some 100 metres or so (arrowed) behind the Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz in the photo I took last year. Any ideas?

[Red star]

Any ideas?

Probably not much further.About here.

[Fait Accompli]

Thanks, Red Star. Just what I wanted. I was under the impression that there was once a Potsdamer Bahnhof - as opposed to the U Bahn - and that the Turk King Tiger stood in front of it.

There was a Potsdamer Bahnhof and I believe it's labeled as 33 on that map, so the tank stood very close to it. The new Potsdamer Bahnhof is below ground, under the large canopy.

[Cor]

So this is the same entrance as pointed out in my google earth image in the first post?

i ask this because i ve read somewhere else that maybe the covered entrance in the google earth image just a bit to the left could be the same entrance.

[Red star]

So this is the same entrance as pointed out in my google earth image in the first post?

Yes,certainly.This input interests only?

[Mannheim]

It certainly interests me. Perhaps a silly question: in Cor's first photo of the Berlin Wall, what are those steps leading down in front of the Wall, directly in front of the writing? Also, does anyone know what the survivng NS buildings in the background are? I have photos I took over the Wall in 1977 and those buidings predominate.