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The New Guard House is located in the center of Berlin, just north of the Unter den Linden. The New Guard House building can be dated as far back as 1816 and it is a wonderful monument of German neoclassic period. As stated by it's name, the New Guard House was orinally a guard house for the Crown Prince of Prussia's troops. The New Guard House was built at the place of the previous Artillery Guard House. The New Guard House is now a war memorial, and it has been so since 1931. The building was used as a guard house till the World War I end. The portico is built of Doric columns. The building was redesigned in 1931 to convert it from a guard house to a memorial to Germans who died during war. The second World War saw the New Guard House damaged greatly. The New Guard House was repaired and opened in 1960 as a memory to victims of Militarism and Fascism. In 1969 a glass-made prism with an eternal-shining flame was put in the center of the New Guard House hall. After the German reunification, the GDR memorial piece was taken away and replaced by the sculpture of “Mother with her Dead Son”. The sculpture is open to the weathering of seasons as a symbol of the civilian suffering during the second World War. The New Guard House is a great place to visit to learn about the history of Germany and how the country has been shaped into what it is.

Written on 02/12/09 by Anonymous

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