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It's a miraculous gift to humanity that this thing survived the allied bombing in WWII. Much of the rest of the city was levelled.
by nate_meurer 5y ago
It's a miraculous gift to humanity that this thing survived the allied bombing in WWII. Much of the rest of the city was levelled.
- nate_meurer 5y agoToo get an idea of just how close we came to losing this treasure, check out this photo of the city after the bombing: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Koeln_1945.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Koeln_19... Notice the bridge just a few hundred meters away.
- emmelaich 5y agoSome video exists too - George Stevens film.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwy8SzVmWGc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwy8SzVmWGc Köln from 2:40