The building of the Reichstag, where 70 years ago the parliament of the Third Reich was located and where the German Bundestag now sits
Soviet soldiers on the roof of the Reichstag. Below is the same look today.
Neighborhoods of the Reichstag.
The building of the German parliament.
With the help of captions on photographs and information about the operations of the Red Army in Berlin, the photographer found the same places on the city map and photographed them.
These pictures remind us of how, on peaceful streets and squares today, tanks and heavy artillery moved 70 years ago.
According to Fabrizio, it was very difficult to find the same places and prospects. The street names have changed, many buildings have not been restored.
At some point, according to Fabrizio, he felt the presence of Georgy Samsonov next to him: "I could accurately imagine the battle passing by, explosions, shots."
To give his pictures authenticity, the German photographer made them the same camera model that Samsonov used - the Soviet FED camera.
Comparison of photographs of modern Berlin with photographs taken 70 years ago, shortly before the capitulation of the city in 1945.
ph: Fabrizio Bensch(*)