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"Rubble Woman" [Trümmerfrau] near the Trinity Church (1946)
A "rubble woman" [Trümmerfrau] taps the remaining mortar away from a brick on Mauerstraße, near the Church of the Trinity. The church ruins can be seen in the background.
Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.