![]() ![]() Viewed from above, the contemporary platz has a similar layout - but features the modern architecture of the US Embassy and Academy of Arts. We’ve picked iconic 12 locations - including Brandenburger Tor, Alexanderplatz, Oranienstraße and the Berliner Dom - to show what Berlin looked like at the end of the war in 1945, and what these places look like 75 years later.īrandenburger Tor The destroyed Pariser Platz and Brandenburger Tor in May 1945 (Photo: Imago/United Archives International/WHA) Pariser Platz and Brandenburger Tor decades later. 19: Brandenburger Tor has lived many lives in a few short decades (Photos: imago) ![]() This series of historical and current photos show how Berlin looked in 1945 - and what it looks like today. The horrors of the Nazi era are taught at school and confined to documentaries and books, yet the traces of the war can be found throughout the city. ![]() ![]() Berlin is vibrant, cosmopolitan and, above all, peaceful. The world breathed a sigh of relief - and Berliners set about rebuilding a functioning city from almost total ruin.ħ5 years later we live in a completely different world. After the Battle of Berlin, which lasted from 16th April to 2nd May 1945, Soviet forces emerged victorious and on 8th May the German army capitulated. It’s been a monumental 75 years since WWII ended and the rubble of Berlin lay quiet. ![]()
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