Incredible pictures in comparison: Berlin at the end of the Second World War and today _de
Getty Images has combined photos of Berlin during World War II and from 2015 to stunning effect. These fascinating images capture the contrast between the city devastated by the defeat at the end of World War II and the modern, dynamic city it is today.
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| Crowds saluting Adolf Hitler in a motorcade on October 2, 1938 (Photo: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) and a view from approximately the same perspective on April 30, 2015, in Berlin. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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| People walk past the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on July 20, 1945 (Photo: Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Getty Images), and a view from the same perspective along Budapester Straße on May 2, 2015, in Berlin. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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| A German soldier sits in front of the ruins of the Reichstag at the end of World War II on May 9, 1945 (Photo: Laski Diffusion/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective on March 18, 2015 in Berlin. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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| Russian and US troops in front of the ruins of the Brandenburg Gate at the end of World War II in 1945 (Photo: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective on May 2, 2015, in Berlin. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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| Two boys sit at the ruins of the Hercules Fountain at Lützowplatz in Berlin after World War II in 1945 (Photo: Fred Ramage/Getty Images). A view from the same perspective on April 29, 2015 in Berlin (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images). |
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| British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery addresses Allied troops near the Tiergarten park in Berlin after World War II in 1945 (Photo: Express/Getty Images). A view from the same perspective on April 29, 2015 in Berlin. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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| A German artillery gun in front of the ruins of the Reichstag after World War II in July 1945 in Berlin (photo: Fred Ramage/Keystone/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective on March 20, 2015 in Berlin (photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images). |
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| US (left) and Soviet troops greet each other on a damaged Elbe bridge in Torgau near the end of World War II on April 26, 1945 (Photo: Allan Jackson/Getty Images). A view of the same bridge from the same perspective on April 29, 2015 in Torgau. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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