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1. Hot Time in the town of Berlin

   2021-10-28 19:06:00 UTC

   WAC’s Flak Fortresses Photo: LIFE ©Time Inc_641268. During his visit to Berlin in July 1945, American photographer William Vandivert (1912-1989) took hundreds of pictures of the ruined Nazi-capital. Some of those were starred by a trio of US WACs (Women’s Army Corps) while on tour of the city (a few…

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2. Innsbrucker Platz

   2021-10-13 19:07:00 UTC

   Der „Tiroler“ Platz [An aerial view of Berlin-Schöneberg district with Hauptstraße running at centre, seen from the railway at Innsbrucker Platz in 1930. The original Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche and its distinctive rounded tower is at top centre.]  Photo: friedenau-aktuell.de The Innsbrucker Platz in Berlin was the post-war location of our previous post…

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3. Die Amis arrive!

   2021-09-16 13:26:00 UTC

   Photo by James Jarche/Paul Popper/Popperfoto. Berlin, 1945 Nach Kriegsende: an American Sherman tank is parked in front of a S-Bahn station with a shattered apartment building and a destroyed tram stop background. Next to it, the tank’s crew stand in a relaxed pose and a few metres away a…

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