This was, at least for me, a really engaging building, one of the highlights of our time in Berlin. Unfortunately, no pictures allowed inside (security), but they have some on their website.
embassy slideshow
Embassy interiors
After lunch, we all met back up to visit the Karl-Marx Allee (formerly Stalin Allee). This was conceived as an example of the perfect communist workers dream. Nice housing above shops, well planned and nothing standing out from the rest. Propaganda, 50's style.
Surprisingly, the statue still stands of the namesake.
The faint red and green splotches tell me they have to remove graffiti from time to time.
Finally, we went out to Treptow Park, home of the big Soviet War Memorial.
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