The western continuation of the boulevard Unter den Linden, it runs east–west through the Tiergarten, a large park to the west of the city centre.

Soon after Stalin's death many East Berliners began a strike against working conditions, centered on the building sites around today's Karl-Marx-Allee.

This gained momentum and descended into rioting when faced with strong opposition from the East German authorities, largely on 17 June 1953.

[3]) It was made into a paved road in 1799, and owing to Berlin's rapid growth in the 19th century it became a major thoroughfare to the affluent western suburbs.

During the Nazi era, the boulevard was made broader and the Prussian-era Victory Column was moved from in front of the Reichstag to the roundabout in the middle of the Tiergarten, where it has remained since 1938.

Juni, to commemorate the People's uprising in East Berlin on 17 June 1953, when the Red Army and GDR Volkspolizei shot protesting workers.