Berlin


Badly damaged buildings in the area between Friedrich Hain and Lichtenberg
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After heavy night raids by on 23/24 August, 31 August/1 September and 3/4 September 1943. Heavy damage is evident in the Steglitz area, near the Friedenau railway station, where most properties have been gutted by fire.
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Area immediately south of the Tiergarten (bottom) and east of the Zoological Gardens. Lutzow Platz is at left centre, surrounded by a considerable area of buildings gutted by incendiary fires resulting from repeated raids.
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Showing the damage resulting from the detonation of an 8,000-lb bomb ('Super Cookie') one month after the incident. The impact crater, which can be seen just below the centre of the photograph within the rectangular courtyard, has been filled in, and the visible area of destruction extends to approximately fourteen acres over which buildings are seen to have been damaged by blast, as revealed by re-roofing and repairs
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Victoria Straße
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Siemens factory at Siemensstadt, badly damaged as a result of raids in 1945
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German women form a chain gang to clear rubble from bomb damaged buildings. The women were required to work before they were permitted to apply for a ration card.
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Scene of destruction at Potsdamer Platz
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Scene of destruction just off the Unter den Linden
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Scene of destruction in the Linden Passage, the famous shopping arcade on the Unter den Linden
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German women doing their washing at a cold water hydrant in a Berlin street, a knocked out German scout car stands beside them.
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The balcony of the Chancellery, the spot from which Hitler made many of his speeches
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