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1.   View of the Gendarmenmarkt (1947)
Photograph of the Gendarmenmarkt and the ruins of the French Cathedral. The ruins of the German Cathedral can be seen in the background. The German Cathedral, formerly called the New or German Church,....
View of the Gendarmenmarkt (1947)
2.   Charlottenburg Palace (1946)
View of the entrance of the destroyed Charlottenburg Palace.
Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.
Charlottenburg Palace (1946)
3.   Staircase in Charlottenburg Palace (1946)
View of a ravaged stairway on the park side of Charlottenburg Palace.
Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.
Staircase in Charlottenburg Palace (1946)
4.   The National Memorial and the Eosander Gate (1947)
The National Memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm I from 1897 and the Eosander Gate of the burned-out City Palace. Modeled on the Severus Gate in Rome, the Eosander Gate was constructed by J. F. Eosander von....
The National Memorial and the Eosander Gate (1947)
5.   Brandenburg Gate (1945)
View of the west side of the partially destroyed Brandenburg Gate. The gate is topped by a quadriga – a chariot drawn by four winged horses, which, in this case, is guided by Victoria, the winged....
Brandenburg Gate (1945)
6.   The Ahmadiyya Mosque (1946)
View of the partially destroyed minaret and crenellations of the Ahmadiyya Mosque on Brienner Straße 7/8 (in Berlin’s Wilmersdorf neighborhood). The mosque was erected in the mid-1920s by the Lahore....
The Ahmadiyya Mosque (1946)
7.   Bullet-marked North Façade of St. Hedwig’s Cathedral (1946)
The bullet-marked north façade and entrance to St. Hedwig’s Cathedral on August-Bebel-Platz. The cornerstone of this baroque structure was laid in 1747. It was built according to plans by architect....
Bullet-marked North Façade of St. Hedwig’s Cathedral (1946)
8.   "Neue Wache" (the New Guard House) (1946)
Ruins of the "Neue Wache" (New Guard House), Unter den Linden. This memorial, originally dedicated to the dead of the Napoleonic Wars, was commissioned by Prussian....
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