Berlin 1945 - World War II: Photos of the Aftermath

Berlin, in May 1945: World War II is over in Europe. The Soviet army has conquered Berlin, a city reduced to rubble, and now under martial law. Soldiers from America, Great Britain, and France will move in a few months later. Broken tanks and makeshift barricades are littering the streets, tenements and churches were turned into bombed-out shells, tunnels have been flooded and train tracks destroyed. German soldiers are been hauled off to POW-camps in Siberia, while old men are cutting up dead horses for food, women are trading clothing for survival, and children are left to their own devices in the ruins. And the victors, Russian soldiers of the Red Army, look as much exhausted as the defeated. These rare pictures have been taken by photographers of the Red Army and by Germans in their employ immediately after the surrender. They are published for the first time in the United States, allowing a glimpse into an era of destruction and desperation, but also survival and rebuilding.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Brettin, Peter Kroh
• Assisted by: Otto Donath (Photographs), Peter Kroh (Illustration), Peter Kroh (Editor), Eva Schweitzer (Editor), Cindy Opitz (Translation)
• Publisher: Berlinica Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Book
• Released: 23.05.2017
• EAN: 9783960260141
• ISBN: 978-3-96026-014-1
• No. of pages: 219
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 280 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Illustrations: 177 Abb.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Photo art; Berlin, Orte und Menschen: Sachbuch, Bildbände, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Europa / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Berlin / Geschichte (bis 1945), Berlin / Bildband, Fotos; Zweiter Weltkrieg