Destroyed buildings and houses in the city of Cologne in Germany after World War II. Wilhelmstrasse area. Rubble and debris all through a street with destroyed houses. Ruined buildings created as a result of bombing. Civilians searching among the rubble.
A German factory destroyed by bombing of Allied bombers during World War II. A signboard saying 'Deutsche Star Kugelhalter Ges. m.b.H' (of Schweinfurt Germany). The chimney of the wrecked factory with painted letters 'F & S'. Factory premises destroyed by bombing, remains are ruin and rubble. The bent girders have sprung out due to explosions.
The Feldherrnhalle (Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany) in Munich, Germany shortly after end of World War II in Europe. Statues of emperors and warriors. White lettering in German, on side of the building saying 'Concentration Camp Dachau - Belsen - Buchenwald. I am ashamed that I am a German.' Nazi swastika symbol and a statue in front of a building destroyed by Allied bombers. Adolf Hitler's original Brown House (NS-Dokumentationszentrum München, Max-Mannheimer-Platz 1, 80333 München, Germany) in ruins from bombing of the Allied bombers. Damage done nearby Odeonsplatz (Odeonspl. 1, 80539 München, Germany). Women on bicycles pass by the Feldherrnhalle.
Newsreel titled 'US Haven from War'. Civilians greet, as a train carrying 982 European Jewish refugees arrives at Fort Ontario, in Oswego, New York. Men, women and children wave their hands, from inside the train. Old man drinks milk handed him by a woman. War Relocation Authority assist a descending woman and patient on stretcher out of the train. Refugee children at the refugee camp after escaping Europe in World War II.
British Members of Parliament (MP) visit sites of German atrocities including Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen after the end of World War II. The Members of Parliament at a concentration camp witness piles of dead bodies of German prisoners, a whipping block, the crematory ovens. The MPs also visit the Belsen camp of political prisoners. Starving and dead prisoners at the camp. Ground near the camp covered with dead bodies. A mass grave with piles of dead bodies. Dead bodies of prisoners burnt, shot, fired, and trapped in barbwires. Scenes of Chief Warden and commander Josef Kramer, Gestapo guards, and women guards of the Belsen camp arrested. Security guards of the camp arrested. Escaped prisoners of a Stalig near Leipzig guide the MPs towards more jails and dead bodies killed when trying to escape the burning building. Dead bodies of Germans in Leipzig who committed suicide by cyanide poisoning before being captured, including Deputy Mayor and Municipal Treasurer Dr. jur. Ernst Kurt Lisso, at his desk, his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair, and their daughter Regina Lisso, all in the Leipzig New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus Neues Rathaus Martin-Luther-Ring 4, 04109 Leipzig, Germany). Body of Volksarmee General, who also died by suicide.
Air base of the U.S. Army Air Force at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, South Pacific during World War II. Airman checking blades of Bell Air cobra P-39 airplane. Other planes (P-38s) parked near side the runway. The tents of the airmen among dense palm trees. View of tents and parked fighter aircraft.
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