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A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of a historic Frankfurt area called Saalgasse before Germany was bombed during World War II.

41125. Ancient Quarter and Entrance to Saalgasse; Frankfort on Main, Germany

A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of what was left of the ancient quarter and entrance to Saalgasse after Germany was bombed during World War II.

41126. Saalgasse In Ruins, Frankfort on Main, Germany

A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of a historic Munich building before Germany was bombed during World War II.

41127. Kings Residence Antiquarium; Munich, Germany

A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of a historic Munich building after Germany was bombed in World War II.

41128. Remnants of Kings Residence Antiquarium; Munich, Germany

A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of the Stadion of Olympiade. This area was not badly damaged during the war, and was taken over in 1945 as the headquarters of the British military contingent in Berlin. Returned to German control in the mid-1990s, much of this area remains today as it did in 1936, still a sports center.

41129. Stadion of Olympiade, Berlin, Germany

A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of the Stadion of Olympiade, Hous of German sports. This area was not badly damaged during the war, and was taken over in 1945 as the headquarters of the British military contingent in Berlin. Returned to German control in the mid-1990s, much of this area remains today as it did in 1936, still a sports center.

41130. Stadion of Olympiade, Hous of German Sports, Berlin, Germany

Information on the back of the photgraph, "Visiting American newspaper and magazine men view rows of corpses of prisoners at the German concentration camp at Dachau. About 200 bodies were piled here."

41131. Corpses of Prisoners at Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany

Fluharty was a folk musician and the champion of the hammer dulcimer.

41132. 'The Dulcimer Man', Russell Fluharty of Mannington, W. Va.

A renowned author, Grubb wrote several literary works including a best selling novel, "The Night of the Hunter" which was made into a motion picture and is regarded as a classic.

41133. Author Davis Grubb from Moundsville, W. Va.

Dachau opened in March 1933, and was the first concentration camp established by the Nazis in Germany. It served as a prototype and model for other Nazi concentration camps that followed. The prisoners in the photograph were mostly likely killed before the camp was liberated.

41134. Dead Prisoners in Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany

On April 29, 1945 Dachau was surrendered to the American Army by SS- Sturmscharfuhrer Heinrich Wicker. As U.S. troops neared the camp, they found more than 30 railroad cars filled with additional bodies brought to Dachau. Note the word "POLAK' is written on the chest of a dead Polish prisoner. Poles constituted the largest ethnic group in the Dachau camp during the war.

41135. Pile of Dead Prisoners in Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany

On April 29, 1945 Dachau was surrendered to the American Army by SS- Sturmscharfuhrer Heinrich Wicker. As U.S. troops neared the camp, they found more than 30 railroad cars filled with additional bodies brought to Dachau.

41136. Dead Prisoners in Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany