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Images - Nature’s Rubble and Landscapes of Ruin
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1.   Tiergarten Ruins (1945)
A lonely marble soldier in Berlin’s ravaged Tiergarten surveys the ruined landscape that surrounds him.
Berlin, 1945. Print from original negative.
Tiergarten Ruins (1945)
2.   Rubble in Front of the City Palace (1947)
Photograph of the destruction around the City Palace. A sycamore tree is buried under the rubble in the foreground; the shell of the palace’s destroyed cupola can be seen in the background.
Berlin,....
Rubble in Front of the City Palace (1947)
3.   Lion Pair with Cubs (1946)
Wilhelm Wolff’s (1814-1887) sculpture Lion Pair with Cubs (1872) punctuates the desolate Tiergarten landscape. Shell holes can be seen in the foreground.
Berlin, March 1946. Print from....
<i>Lion Pair with Cubs</i> (1946)
4.   Sycamore trees in front of Darmstädter Bank (1945)
Two bullet-marked sycamore trees in front of Darmstädter Bank on Schinkelplatz.
Berlin, 1945. Print from original negative.
Sycamore trees in front of Darmstädter Bank (1945)
5.   Trees amidst Debris (1945)
Scorched tree trunks behind the main building of Humboldt University, Unter den Linden.
Berlin, 1945. Print from original negative.
Trees amidst Debris (1945)
6.   Landscape of Ruins (1947)
Ruins in the Tiergarten Quarter near Rousseau Island.
Berlin, 1947. Print from original negative
Landscape of Ruins (1947)
7.   Kemperplatz (1946)
View from Kemperplatz across the Tiergarten towards the Reichstag.
Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.
Kemperplatz (1946)
8.   Altonaer Straße (1947)
From the Victory Column: view of Altonaer Straße and some vegetable gardens in the Tiergarten.
Berlin, 1947. Print from original negative.
Altonaer Straße (1947)
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