KARL-MARX-ALLEE
Avenue d'Allemagne near Alexanderplatz, now home to gigantic apartments, cafés and restaurants
A little Moscow air in this boulevard of Friedrichshain. The Karl-Marx-Allee (Stalinallee until 1961) is East Berlin's most prestigious avenue: its colossal buildings feature neoclassical facades and decorative elements celebrating workers and peasants. It was a popular shopping street in the GDR era, and its landmark addresses (Café Moskau, Café Sibylle, Karl-Marx bookshop, etc.) have since had to be closed down. There is still the International Kino...
This is not to be confused with Karl-Marx-Straße in the district of Neukölln (in West Berlin).
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Completely destroyed after war, the KMA quickly became the street symbolic East Berlin. The Communist regime, who reigned as a Democratic Republic of Germany (ddr) 1949 to 1990, the parade its army each year. it is important to see it a symbol communist propagandist there
The separation of Berlin, after the blockade from June 23rd, 1948 to May 12th, 1949, saw the KMA becoming Soviet. It was one of the only parts of East to be properly rebuilt for the big shots of the unified Socialist Party Germany (SED). On June 17th, 1953, the first great demonstration of the workers East Berlin on the KMA was strongly punishable by the regime. The avenue June 17th west of the brandenburg gate commemorates this repression.
Architecture, fountain Straußberger Platz to the two towers " IVG" Frankfurter Tor a demonstration of the Soviet size is. About a mile, the buildings are presented in a rough and massive. They have lifts, which is very rare in East, and the apartments are particularly important in size and height. The roofs of the buildings have wonderful views of Berlin.
Today, the KMA is a pleasant place where the history of Berlin is reflected. Near Alexanderplatz, Café Moskau and stay offers Kino International reference as the film Good bye shows, Lenin!.