Brunswick in June 1945 - City of ruins after the Second World War

Interesting shots from Brunswick's city centre shortly after the end of the Second World War in June 1945.

00:00 Old Town Square: St. Martini Church (left) and the Old Town Hall (right)
00:35 Marienbrunnen
01:04 Soldiers, presumably in the Gördelingerstraße
01:34 Blasting of half-timbered houses in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring
04:29 Schützenstraße
04:35 Old Town Square: Old Town Hall and the Marienbrunnen
04:49 Poststraße and the Sternhaus (rear left, largely intact)
05:02 The first tram is running again! Tram 5 at the Radeklint, first day on 29.05.1945
05:11 Eulenspiegel Fountain
05:17 Hintern Brüdern: House of the Owl No. 18
05:23 View of the burnt-out St. Andreas Church
05:35 View from the cathedral tower: former Vieweg publishing house, now state museum
05:46 View over the city: City border, St. Andreas Church
06:00 Brüdern Church (St. Ulrici-Brüdern), St. Petri Church,
06:11 Towers of St. Martini Church, St. Michaelis Church
06:20 Brunswick Town Hall
06:34 St. Andreas Church
08:07 St. Andreas Church
08:29 Schützenstraße
08:49 Tram 5 at the new Petritor
09:05 Woldemar Wunderlich's Sheet Metal Factory Brunswick, Bäckerklint 10

Music track "Endless Road" by courtesy of Antoine Marsaud: https://open.spotify.com/track/4gkq6Z...

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