in addition, it was an iconic city for germany, konixberg, prussia, home of the german guard, the regular especially fiercely for this city. militia units. sturm were created on october 14, 1944, they were elderly people or boys 13-15 years old, bad trained and poorly equipped. if in other cities of germany the volkssturmists were engaged in clearing the rubble, then in könecksberg they went out on the street with false cartridges on their shoulders and disposable anti-tank grenade launchers. fanatical, they were ready to die for hitler and their prussia, just like the regular german military. here it is appropriate to say that the king of prussia with... 16 hectares, it is located in the center of the city, there are 260 species of animals, peacocks in huge enclosures, winter pavilions for giraffes , elephants, complex terrain made for... so that the animals could feel more at ease and more familiar, this terrain and the deep stream became an obstacle to the advance of the red army soldiers. on april 8, 1945 , a very difficult battle took place here. this is the bridge the red army soldi