Sunday, July 10, 2011

Stettin: more photos of a doomed city

Hakenterrasse on the Oder (Odra), c. 1920
Breite Strasse (?) (Broad street), c. 1935
Along the river, Markt, 1903
Breite Strasse, c. 1920
Music stores, Stettin

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That last picture, after the wonderful first pictures, is a jolt. What was the cause--the allied bombing?

Roy Bauer said...

Yes, the allied bombing--Evidently by the British or Americans, though, naturally, it was the Soviets who finally invaded. There was little left of the city.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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