Visitors cross the expansive paved area of the Soviet War Memorial in the Tiergarten; in the background, the characteristic rows of poplars and the low fencing of the grounds are visible. The group consists of civilians of different ages dressed in civilian clothes, including at least one person in uniform. The Soviet War Memorial, erected in 1945 in the British sector and guarded by Soviet honor guards, was a symbolically charged location in divided Berlin by 1955: as a monument to the victor power USSR in the heart of the western part of the city, it marked the overlapping of occupation law and the Cold War in urban space. The relaxed stream of visitors suggests that the area was regularly accessible at this time and was visited equally by Berliners and tourists alike.