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1.   Toppled Columns from the Crown Prince’s Palace (1946)
The remains of toppled columns from the Crown Prince’s Palace, Unter den Linden 3. The Zeughaus [Old Armory] and the cathedral can be seen in the background. The palace was originally built....
Toppled Columns from the Crown Prince’s Palace (1946)
2.   Destroyed Crown Prince’s Palace, Unter den Linden 3 (1946)
The destroyed Crown Prince’s Palace, Unter den Linden 3, as seen from the New Guardhouse. From the left: the Royal City Palace (built 1834-37), the Prussian Military Headquarters, the Crown Prince’s....
Destroyed Crown Prince’s Palace, Unter den Linden 3 (1946)
3.   House Ruins (1946)
Ruins of apartment buildings on the former Nettelbeckstraße (today “An der Urania”).
Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.
House Ruins (1946)
4.   Gendarmenmarkt (1945)
View of the Gendarmenmarkt with the damaged theater (1821) (left) and the French Cathedral. In the foreground are the hulks of military vehicles. Built in 1688, the Gendarmenmarkt was originally....
Gendarmenmarkt  (1945)
5.   Boats on the Edge of the Lietzensee (1946)
Boats on the shore of the Lietzensee under the cover of a weeping willow. Destroyed apartment buildings in Berlin’s Witzleben district can be seen in the background. The Lietzensee is the northernmost....
Boats on the Edge of the Lietzensee (1946)
6.   View of the Reichstag Ruins (1946)
View over the Spree River towards the destroyed north and west façades of the Reichstag building. The Reichstag was built between 1884 and 1894 according to architect Paul Wallot’s (1841-1912) design.....
View of the Reichstag Ruins (1946)
7.   Reichstag Building in Snow (1948)
View from the west towards the snow-covered ruins of the Reichstag. According to the plans of architect Paul Wallot (1841-1912), the inscription above the entryway – “To the German People” – should....
Reichstag Building in Snow (1948)
8.   Ruined Skyline (1946)
The ruined skyline of an almost completely destroyed Berlin street.
Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.
Ruined Skyline (1946)
9.   Remains of the Löwenbrücke (1946)
View of the ruins of the Löwenbrücke [Lions’ Bridge] in the Tiergarten (Berlin), built by Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse (1795-1876) in 1838. It was the first suspension bridge in Berlin and owes its name....
Remains of the Löwenbrücke (1946)
10.   Destroyed Statue in Front of the Old National Gallery (1946)
Remains of the sculpture The Personification of Painting by Moritz Schulz (1825-1904) in front of the stairway leading up to the entrance of the Old National Gallery.
Berlin, 1946. Print....
Destroyed Statue in Front of the Old National Gallery (1946)
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