[DarwinsMistake]

Originally Posted by cocka ↗

Heil Hitler, death 2 the jews

[malaysianbest]

haha nice one!

[snuppelupp69]

[SSCARZZ]

[darlingnikki88]

If only, even today, they could all end up like that...

[lukemiesta]

grammar nazi?

[William May]

That picture is probably from the 1970's. After the bombing of Dresden in WWII, that area was under communist rule in the East. There was very little rebuilding in East Germany until the late 50's and into the 70's. (The Russians would not permit any rebuilding until Russia itself had recovered and rebuilt from the war. They even requistioned the glass from intact buildings in Germany after the war, and shipped it to Russia to assist in the rebuilding.)
The point of all this is that most of the bomb shelters with dead people in them were left intact after the war, until they finally got around to cleaning things up. There were more people killed in Dresden than at Hiroshima, due to 2 solid days of bombing, and the creation of a firestorm that reached temps of 2000 degrees. Entire bunkers full of people simply died of asphyxiation. That's probably what happened to this poor guy. That's why he is dead, but his uniform is still intact. When they began opening bunkers up, there were thousands of dead bodies to take care of. I'm sure there are a lot more pictures than just this one. I would like to see an overall picture of a bomb shelter when it was just opened. It would have looked like the Chinese Clay Soldiers, except they would all be dead bodies, standing together.

[Spiffyfable]

Well it was a Start

[gatagato]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

That picture is probably from the 1970's. After the bombing of Dresden in WWII, that area was under communist rule in the East.

The photo was taken in 1946 by Richard Peter.

Peter returned to Dresden in September 1945 to find the city destroyed after the bombing of Dresden in February 1945. His personal archive and equipment had been completely destroyed in the raids. Starting over with borrowed equipment, he began to document the damage to the city and the beginnings of its reconstruction.

His photographs (including this one) were published in 1949 in a volume called Dresden, eine Kamera klagt an ("Dresden, a photographic accusation", ISBN 3-930195-03-8).


You can find this photo also at the Deutsche Fototek, with the accession number df_ps_0000080:
http://www.deutschefotothek.de/obj88950121.html

[Sharon]

Thank you very much GG