Sowjetisches Ehremal- Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten)

I have touched on the subject of war memorials in a previous post, so I won't detail my thoughts about them again.
This Soviet War Memorial is situated on the north side of the Strasse des 17 Juni ( the major east-west thoroughfare running from the Brandenburg Gate to the Siegessäul, which is just a 10 minutes' walk away from my flat. The memorial commemorates the Red Army soldiers who died in the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945. It is said that more than 20 000 soldiers died during these two months.
It is speculated that the reddish-brown marble (not seen on these pictures) used for the memorial was scavenged from Hitler's chancellery.