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Kriegsspuren
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Trying to find traces of WW2 in Berlin and other places but also interested in other historical remnants. The long-term goal is to the read my city like a book.

Usually my own photos.

Also into genealogy.
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This is going to be a thread about my favourite resources (a work in progress). The main thread is going to list categories (e.g. maps) and there will side-threads listing examples. Keep your fingers crossed this works! Here goes nothing…
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#Berlin
Ohhh ja , der Verlust des Franziskanerkloster
ist wirklich für Berlin eine traurige Geschichte !
Aber mit der Neugestaltung des Molkenmarkt
hätte man ja eine Chance gehabt !
Aber in Berlin liebt man wohl mehr den
"LEGOBAUSTIL" !
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The ruin of the Franziskanerkirche (Klosterstr., Berlin-Mitte), a church from the 13th century that was destroyed in an air raid on 3 April 1945, is all that remains of the Franziskanerkloster, a monastery often referred to as “Graues Kloster” (grey m.). (B/W pic: info panel on site).
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Three misidentified photographs, now verified as documenting the deportation of 1,304 Jews from Hamburg to Lodz, have sparked an international effort to identify the people in them.
A German policeman's album reveals the only images of Hamburg's Jewish deportation
Three Misidentified Photographs, Now Verified as Documenting the Deportation of 1,304 Jews From Hamburg to Lodz, Have Sparked an International Effort to Identify the People in Them
www.haaretz.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In Berlin, one does often not know whether a relative lived in the residential building facing the street or in the building(s) behind it (same address). With the help of Histomapberlin.de I was able to determine that a relative had lived in what we call Hinterhaus (rear building) as the front (…)
Histomapberlin.de
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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526 jüdische Nordhäuser:innen wurden im Nationalsozialismus entrechtet, verfolgt, deportiert, ins Exil oder in den Suizid getrieben oder ermordet. Seit vergangenem Sonntag erinnert am Rathaus in #Nordhausen eine im öffentlichen Stadtbild weithin sichtbare #Gedenktafel namentlich an sie. 1/x
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Marlene Dietrich in front of the Gedächtniskirche, West Berlin, 1960.

Photo by James Whitmore

www.life.com/history/a-he...
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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“Sich regen bringt Segen” (moving brings blessings) is from a poem by Friedrich Rückert from 1838. It appears on what looks like a ghost sign at Ritterstr. 2a (Berlin-Kreuzberg), one of the few buildings that survived WW2, especially the air raid on 3 Feb. 1945 that devasteted the neighbourhood.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Wer gewappnet ins Weihnachtsfest gehen möchte oder ein Geschenk braucht: Beide Funktionen könnte das Buch »Present Past. Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen« erfüllen. Es erscheint Ende November im Metropol Verlag.
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“Sich regen bringt Segen” (moving brings blessings) is from a poem by Friedrich Rückert from 1838. It appears on what looks like a ghost sign at Ritterstr. 2a (Berlin-Kreuzberg), one of the few buildings that survived WW2, especially the air raid on 3 Feb. 1945 that devasteted the neighbourhood.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
After asking my students if they remember Mr. Bean & Dr. House (only a bit of misdirection), I showed them the last 5 mins. of Black Adder (WW1). When it was finished, I could see & feel that they were touched by it. Told them that 11:11 on 11 Nov. in the UK is very different from German Fasching.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Danke, Möringen und Mieste passen nicht. Also Miesterhorst.

Post davor gelöscht wegen Rechtschreibfehler.
Bahnhof Miesterhorst
www.kdtroeger.de
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Unnecessary travelling prolongs the war”
An einem verfallenden Bahnhofsgebäude in Sachsen-Anhalt taucht eine nach 1945 übermalte Parole aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wieder auf: „Unnötige Reisen verlängern den Krieg“
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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An einem verfallenden Bahnhofsgebäude in Sachsen-Anhalt taucht eine nach 1945 übermalte Parole aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wieder auf: „Unnötige Reisen verlängern den Krieg“
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Does it appear far-fetched that a public school with a partly religious background was less prone to following Nazi ideology?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The border crossing point at Oberbaumbrücke on the evening of 10 Nov. 1989 - the 2nd day of when the Berlin Wall was suddenly open. It is a collage I made shortly after and as I did not want to rip off the photos, I scanned the page, adjusted each image a bit and rebuilt the collage digitally.
January 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Hey look, it's me
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
They did the Monster (Budget) Slash

youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...
They did the Monster Slash
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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„Und der Mob stand dabei, johlte, schrie und klatschte Beifall...“ Tagesspiegel-Autorin Irma Edom rief vor 80 Jahren zur Erinnerung an die Pogromnacht auf. @tagesspiegel.de #OTD 1945 #Tagesspiegel80 www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
Sieben Jahre nach der Pogromnacht: Wie der Tagesspiegel 1945 an den 9. November 1938 erinnerte
„Und der Mob stand dabei, johlte, schrie und klatschte Beifall...“ Tagesspiegel-Autorin Irma Edom rief vor 80 Jahren zum Gedenken an die Zerstörung von Synagogen und Läden auf.
www.tagesspiegel.de
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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"Es war nicht eine kleine Zahl von Verbrechern, es waren Hunderttausende einer sogenannten deutschen Elite, Männer, Jungen & entmenschte Weiber, die unter dem Einfluss verrückter Lehren in kranker Lust diese Taten begangen haben."

Thomas Mann

9. November 1938
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Does anybody know if prints from digital photos are better when you order them (from Rossmann, DM etc., takes several days) than when you print them at a machine in the shop? I don‘t know if it‘s the file/smartphone cam or the printer that makes the photos a bit harsh and dark.
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Save the date: Release-Veranstaltung am 16.12. in Berlin!
Bald ist es soweit: Ende November erscheint unser Buch
»Present Past: Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen«
im Metropol-Verlag.
Ich freue mich riesig auf das gedruckte Ergebnis.

Verlagsankündigung:
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Do not use GLS for your packages! If you cannot stay at home on a workday to wait for a delivery (a window of four hours!), they will try again the next day (when you are at work again), then send it to a depot outside of Berlin where you can pick it up (travelling time 2 x 1.5 hours).
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM