Tourist destinations and architecture in Germany, before damage of World War 2. Gothic architecture of the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany). The Cologne Cathedral main entrance shows 19th century statues. The façade of the Cologne Cathedral. City scenes from a spire. Vehicles and trams on a street. Buildings and monuments on either side of the street. The Deutzer suspension bridge on the river Rhine in the background.
Opening Slate states city is famous for the "Meistersinger" and as home of Hans Sachs and Albrecht Durer. Tourist destinations and architecture in Germany before World War 2. Various buildings seen in Nuremberg such as the Imperial Castle of Nuremberg. The Hangman's Bridge (Henkersteg Henkersteg 90403 Nürnberg) spans the Pegnitz river. Trams and people on Karolinenstraße leading to Nuremberg’s Frauenkirche. Buildings in the background. Merchandisers in front of the Adolf Hitler Platz, now the Nuremberg Main Market (Hauptmarkt, 90403 Nürnberg, Germany). A wheel cart moves on a street.
Famous tourist destinations and architecture in Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, before World War 2. View of the Orangery Palace. The Belvedere on the Klausberg. A garden with the Schloss Sanssouci in the background. View of the statues in the Sanssouci Palace terrace (Maulbeerallee, 14469 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany).
Former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, arrives at West German Chancellery in Bonn, Germany, by car with motorcycle escort. He steps from car and is greeted and escorted inside. Photographers take pictures. Helmeted armed German guards stand at entrance. Inside, President of West Germany, Conrad Adenauer, escorts Truman to a microphone, where he makes some statements. (Truman carries a cane.) Candelabra shown in ceiling. Reporters take notes. Adenauer makes some brief remarks. Truman and Adenauer smile and shake hands. Plaque identifying house where Ludwig van Beethoven was born. Former U.S. President Truman emerges, after visiting the house, and enters his car. It is raining, and streets are wet. Spectators holding umbrellas, smile, and laugh. Truman's car and motorcycle escort drive away.
An ordinary street scene at Bismarckplatz (Bismarckpl. 69115 Heidelberg-Altstadt, Germany) in Heidelberg, Germany, right after World War II. Vehicles on streets. Buildings seen on either sides of the streets in the background. People cross the busy streets. A tram moves on a track.
World War II war crime trials in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Judges preside over the proceedings in a courtroom at Ludwigsburg Palace (Schlossstraße 30, 71634 Ludwigsburg, Germany). Chandeliers hanging from the ceiling in the palace. Vehicles drive past outside the palace. Prisoners aboard a truck. They climb the stairs of a building. Trucks move on the streets. Trees on either side of the streets. The trucks arrive at the palace. A sign board outside the palace reads " Ludwigsburg 59th QM Depot". The palace gate. Military police on duty.
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