Images - People in Rubble

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1.	Ruins of the Hotel Kaiserhof (1945) A little boy plays in a pile of rubble in front of the Hotel Kaiserhof at Wilhelmplatz 3-5. Built between 1873 and 1875, the Kaiserhof was Berlin’s first luxury hotel and boasted 300 beds. During....
2.	A Boy on his "Slide" (1947) A little boy plays on his “slide”: two iron girders propped up by a pile of rubble. Berlin, 1947. Print from original negative.
3.	Painter at the Landwehr Canal, Tiergarten (1947) A painter at work along the Landwehr Canal takes the destroyed Tiergarten as his motif. The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church can be seen in the background left. Berlin, 1947. From vintage....
4.	Message from the Ruins (1947) A person in a wheelchair (or on a three-wheeled bicycle?) passes by a banner attached to the destroyed City Palace. Its message: “Remove the war criminals from all positions!!!” The palace is reflected....
5.	Girls Playing with Rubble (1946) Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.
6.	Tank as Toy (1946) Two small boys play with a tank tread in Berlin’s Wilmersdorf neighborhood. Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.
7.	Disabled Veteran as Street Musician (1945) Entitled “Musical Eccentric,” this photograph shows a disabled veteran who attempts to earn money by playing music on a Berlin street corner. Berlin, 1945. Print from original negative.
8.	Homeless Man on a Stone Bench (1946) Homelessness was an everyday phenomenon in postwar Berlin. Here, Seidenstücker's lens captures a homeless man sleeping on a bench. Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.
9.	Streetcar Stop (1946) People waiting at a streetcar stop in Berlin. Berlin, 1946. Print from original negative.
10.	Policemen in the Tiergarten (1946) Two policemen before the backdrop of the destroyed Tiergarten. The sculptures Bison (1902) and Lying Bison (1902) by Rudolf Siemering (1835-1905) appear on the left and right. Amazon....
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