Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Wie sieht Krieg aus?

Here's what war looks like:

Berlin, 1945.



Amazing footage of the streets, including

  • few working cars
  • lots of Russian military
  • quite a few bikes
  • a building collapsing
  • a woman rescuing some fabrics from a bombed out 3rd floor dwelling
  • "Trummerfrauen" -- a bucket-brigade removing rubble
  • the famous Adlon Hotel among other ruins
  • Museum Island
  • the Straßenbahn is back (street car)
  • aerial shots at the end.  

Footage is of remarkable quality.
Thanks to Konstantin von zur Mühlen und Arne Körner of Chronos (Berlin TV) for editing and publishing.

2 comments:

  1. it is incredible to see what Berlin looked like in 1945.There was such horrible destruction, but it was everyday life for the citizens.

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