A salt mine in Merkers, Germany. A sign in German outside the salt mine. An American soldier guards the gates of the mine. One hundred tons of Nazi gold bullion, jewels, stolen paintings and art, silver and currency discovered at the mine. Soldiers look at silver spoons, gold bullion and rare and expensive paintings. Bags full of currency from European countries. Two million dollars of American currency in boxes. Cash bags piled up at the mine.
The damaged Tiergarten zoo in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. Views shortly after the war ended in Europe. A wrecked lion cage. A child in the foreground. Monkeys jump on rocks. A group of men, women and children at the zoo as they look at animals. Damaged church spire of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, or Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, with a monkey in the foreground. View of the large damaged Tiergarten Flakturm, an anti aircraft flak tower sometimes called the zoo bunker or zoobunker. Damaged cages with debris in the foreground. A baboon somersaults as officers and children look on and a boy throws food to the baboon.
Damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Church in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. Wreckage spread around the area. A damaged church spire due to the bombings. Bomb damaged structures and walls inside the church.
A damaged flak tower in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. The damaged flak tower with burn marks on it. Damage caused to the front of the building. A wrecked car outside it. Side of the building with windows.
A damaged factory in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. Damaged roof of the factory. Interiors of the factory with damaged steel frame structures. Wrecked girders and machines inside the factory.
A demolished bridge across a river in Simbach, Germany during World War II. United States soldiers of 305th Engineering Battalion repair the bridge. A German civilian helps the soldiers in the repair work to construct a makeshift bridge. German civilians talk to a soldier. Soldiers use hammer to construct the makeshift bridge.
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