Workers installing pilings to re-enforce wrecked buildings at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin, at the end of World War II, in Europe. Wide shot of The Konzerthaus Berlin (Konzerthaus Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany) with wrecked military and civilian vehicles in the square. Close up of detonated mortar shell. Steps of The Konzerthaus showing heavy bomb damage. Statue of Apollo, in a chariot drawn by two griffins, atop the building. The statue of a cherub, perched on a lion, playing pipes, and one on a panther, playing a harp. Camera pans from The Konzerthaus to The French Cathedral (Französischer Dom, Gendarmenmarkt 7, 10117 Berlin, Germany) and then to the German Cathedral (Deutscher Dom) at the Gendarmenmarkt. All buildings in Gendarmenmarkt sustained damage from the war.
Views from a moving vehicle driving on streets of Berlin, Germany, right after end of hostilities, in World War 2. Extreme damage and destruction of buildings from Allied bombing is evident. Scene is dominated by hollow shells of buildings without roofs. A modern apartment house with no windows and only its facade partially intact. A damaged, but still standing, government building. German civilians engaged in cleanup and rebuilding.
Destroyed remains of Berlin, Germany as seen right after World War 2. Aerial view from airplane flying over remains of the city heavily damaged by Allied bombing. Buildings and statues of the city. People walk on roads. Debris at entrance to a subway station with Brandenburg Gate in background. Street sign identifies Wilhelm Strasse.
German civilians at U-Bahn subway in Berlin, Germany, soon after the end of World War 2 in Europe. German civilians walk down steps to subway. Sign at subway indicates 'Air Port Tempelhof'. Ruins of a bombed out building in the background. Civilians enter and depart from Hallesches Tor U-Bahn station in Kreuzberg district.
Bombed buildings in Berlin, Germany. The Victory Column or the Siegessäule (Großer Stern 1 10557 Berlin) from top with statue of Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory, to bottom. People walk past the Column. The British flag flying beside the Victory Column. (World War II period).
Surrender of the German Army in Berlin, Germany during World War II. Flags of the Allies are unfurled at the Tempelhof airfield. Lined up cars at the airfield. An English airplane arrives with Royal Air Force Marshal Arthur William Tedder (Lord Tedder) and U.S. Army General Carl Andrew Spaatz. Lord Tedder and General Spaatz shake hands with Soviet officers including Soviet Marshal Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky. Field Marshal Keitel and staff arrive. A band plays as Soviet troops march. German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel enters a car and reads surrender papers. Lord Tedder and other officials get into cars. The cars are driven away from the airfield.