Großer Wachaufzug

It consisted of a band leading a guard through the Brandenburg Gate, across Pariser Platz into Unter den Linden.

[4] On 12 March 1933, the German government under the Nazi Party reintroduced the "Wachaufzug unter den Linden", after a two-year hiatus.

[5] It was mounted by the Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland, and later by the Luftwaffe Guard Battalion under the command of a lieutenant on horseback.

[6] Up until the Battle of Berlin in the last weeks of the Second World War, the ceremony was moved across the linden trees in front of the Neue Wache.

The ceremony route in communist Germany, saw the honor guards depart from Friedrich Engels Barracks on Kupfergraben, with the regimental band and corps of drums leading the formation.

The changing of the guard in 1990.
The ceremony in 1938.
The ceremony during the 40th anniversary VE Day celebrations in 1985.