Exakta Wartime Photography


These photographs were taken with an Exakta Varex between June 1945 and June 1946 by a US serviceman. He told me he was one of the first guards stationed at Checkpoint Charlie. On days off, he documented a fragment of the aftermath of WW2.

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A Gothic spire stands aloneA second view of the spire with workers in foregroundThe shell of a once magnificent building


Her worst momentsPartial Wall - Still StandingView of Bridge


Collapsed BuildingMore of the Damage...A day off from work


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