File:Koeln 1945.jpg
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English: The Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral) stands seemingly undamaged (although having been directly hit several times and damaged severely) while entire area surrounding it is completely devastated. The central railway station and Hohenzollern Bridge lie damaged to the north and east of the cathedral. Germany, 24 April 1945.
Deutsch: Der trotz mehrer direkter Treffer scheinbar unbeschädigt wirkende Kölner Dom steht inmitten der vollständig zerstörten Innenstadt von Köln. Hinter der Kathedrale ist der zerstörte Hauptbahnhof, so wie weiter östlich die eingestürzte Hohenzollernbrücke zu erkennen. Deutschland, 24 April 1945. |
Date | Taken on 24 April 1945 |
Source | https://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ ARC Identifier: 531287; U.S. Defense Visual Information Center photo HD-SN-99-02996 [1] |
Author | U.S. Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. [2] |
Other versions | Derivative works of this file: Koeln 1945-sharpened-resized.jpg |
Camera location | 50° 55′ 54.16″ N, 6° 57′ 04.52″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 50.931712; 6.951256 |
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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: sharpened, straigthend, cropped, resized. The original can be viewed here: Koeln 1945.jpg: . Modifications made by Martin Kraft.
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current | 08:50, 10 August 2012 | 2,919 × 2,092 (1.94 MB) | Martin Kraft | sharpend, colorcorrected, straigthend (and cropped) |
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Author | T4c. Jack Clemmer |
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Unique ID of original document | 198D0A27848205125F9F4384C637E9D2 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS6 Windows |
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IIM version | 2 |