I have read in a number of books that in the final stages of the Berlin battle various groups of german soldiers managed to get through russian lines and assembled in a brewery in the north of the city where they eventually had to surrender to the Russians. I have been trying to pin down the location of this brewery via the internet as I will be in Berlin quite soon and if there is anything remaining of it I am hoping to visit and maybe get some photos. Anyone got any information? much appreciated.
I see mention online of a Löwen brewery, perhaps in the former Zeltenplatz. I can only find one clear reference of it online. Someone who understands the German language could probably find much more information about this. "On the 27th of April to the southwest of the city, the airport at Gatow also fell. Meanwhile, in the north of the city, the 12th Guards Tank Corps reached the northern bank of the Spree River near the Tiergarten, where they were halted by the remnants of the 9th Parachute Division in positions around the Stettiner railway station, being supported by the guns of the Humboldthain flak tower. The German defences in the centre of the city were being gradually squeezed into a thin area to the south of the Spree River. There were small isolated pockets of resistance everywhere that had been bypassed by the Russian advance, many of which, such as the Löwen Brewery, managed to hold out to the end." ---Quote from Battle for Berlin