Honorary Freeman of Berlin
In 1975 he was made an honorary citizen of East Berlin. He was formally removed from the roll of honorary citizens by the city of Berlin government in 1992.
In 2003, he regained the honorary citizenship. Detractors of the re-awarding affirmed that Berzarin would have been responsible of the deportation of 47,000 Balts. This accusations were proven wrong later on, since Berzarin was deployed in Vladivostok at the questioned time.
In 2005, the PDS politician Thomas Flierl had a bridge named in honour of Berzarin.
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