Berlin Cathedral - Berlin, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
N 52° 31.145 E 013° 24.066
33U E 391512 N 5819975
The bombing and reconstruction of the Berlin Cathedral
Waymark Code: WMZWVH
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date Posted: 01/15/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
Views: 16
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At the end of World War II, in May 1945, after a year of bombing raids and a month of fierce ground battle, the German capital was left with just four house intact, everything else was in ruins.

The walls of the Berlin Cathedral were still standing, but it had lost one of its steeples and the interior was burned out.

The cathedral was provisionally restores in 1953, but final reconstruction took until 2003.

We found a picture of the destruction in 1945 and a picture showing the partially reconstruction in 1956 and put them together with our 2018 picture.

 2018

1945 1956

Year photo was taken: 1945
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