Kriegsspuren
@kriegsspuren.bsky.social
Trying to find traces of WW2 in Berlin and other places but also interested in other historical remnants. The long-term goal is to the read my city like a book.
Usually my own photos.
Also into genealogy.
Usually my own photos.
Also into genealogy.
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Kriegsspuren
@kriegsspuren.bsky.social
· Nov 28
This is going to be a thread about my favourite resources (a work in progress). The main thread is going to list categories (e.g. maps) and there will side-threads listing examples. Keep your fingers crossed this works! Here goes nothing…
@dznsza.bsky.social Hallo! Kann man im Dokumentationszentrum auch für Adressen überprüfen, ob dort Zwangsarbeit stattgefunden oder ein Lager bestanden hat? Es gibt zwar Listen, vielleicht sind diese aber nicht aktuell.
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@dznsza.bsky.social Hallo! Kann man im Dokumentationszentrum auch für Adressen überprüfen, ob dort Zwangsarbeit stattgefunden oder ein Lager bestanden hat? Es gibt zwar Listen, vielleicht sind diese aber nicht aktuell.
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For those interested in the quality of prints of digital photos: Left: Printed by a machine in a local Rossmann store. Right: A (smaller) print I ordered over Rossmann (took about a week). The left one is a bit too contrasty which is fine in this scene. The right one, well, is the right one.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
For those interested in the quality of prints of digital photos: Left: Printed by a machine in a local Rossmann store. Right: A (smaller) print I ordered over Rossmann (took about a week). The left one is a bit too contrasty which is fine in this scene. The right one, well, is the right one.
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Still thinking about that moment when I walked in to this “secret bathroom” and gasped.
I stumbled upon it in my research some time ago and couldn’t believe there are still places like that around, that look literally frozen in time.
Oh, and the mirror is almost 200 years old.
I stumbled upon it in my research some time ago and couldn’t believe there are still places like that around, that look literally frozen in time.
Oh, and the mirror is almost 200 years old.
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Still thinking about that moment when I walked in to this “secret bathroom” and gasped.
I stumbled upon it in my research some time ago and couldn’t believe there are still places like that around, that look literally frozen in time.
Oh, and the mirror is almost 200 years old.
I stumbled upon it in my research some time ago and couldn’t believe there are still places like that around, that look literally frozen in time.
Oh, and the mirror is almost 200 years old.
Berlin makes students take an exam that apart from the usual assignments includes a listening task of 45 minutes. It has taken me maybe 5-6 hours to find clips and cut them. I still have not prepared any questions/tasks so this will take me another hour or two. #NothingToDoOnASaturday
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Berlin makes students take an exam that apart from the usual assignments includes a listening task of 45 minutes. It has taken me maybe 5-6 hours to find clips and cut them. I still have not prepared any questions/tasks so this will take me another hour or two. #NothingToDoOnASaturday
Wait a second! If a building in SE Berlin-Kreuzberg was damaged on its WNW facade (not so much its roof) in WW2 and it is not listed in the damage reports - could it be that it was not a bomb but a shell from the last few days of war???
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Wait a second! If a building in SE Berlin-Kreuzberg was damaged on its WNW facade (not so much its roof) in WW2 and it is not listed in the damage reports - could it be that it was not a bomb but a shell from the last few days of war???
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Lots of ways to be a man! Problems can lie in fitting into societal expectations of 'manliness', and men can be crap at dealing with that. I've never wanted to hurt myself, but many do, and a British man kills himself every two hours. It's why I support www.mensmindsmatter.org #InternationalMensDay
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Lots of ways to be a man! Problems can lie in fitting into societal expectations of 'manliness', and men can be crap at dealing with that. I've never wanted to hurt myself, but many do, and a British man kills himself every two hours. It's why I support www.mensmindsmatter.org #InternationalMensDay
Is a humidity level of 50% too much to store documents?
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Is a humidity level of 50% too much to store documents?
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#Berlin
Ohhh ja , der Verlust des Franziskanerkloster
ist wirklich für Berlin eine traurige Geschichte !
Aber mit der Neugestaltung des Molkenmarkt
hätte man ja eine Chance gehabt !
Aber in Berlin liebt man wohl mehr den
"LEGOBAUSTIL" !
Ohhh ja , der Verlust des Franziskanerkloster
ist wirklich für Berlin eine traurige Geschichte !
Aber mit der Neugestaltung des Molkenmarkt
hätte man ja eine Chance gehabt !
Aber in Berlin liebt man wohl mehr den
"LEGOBAUSTIL" !
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#Berlin
Ohhh ja , der Verlust des Franziskanerkloster
ist wirklich für Berlin eine traurige Geschichte !
Aber mit der Neugestaltung des Molkenmarkt
hätte man ja eine Chance gehabt !
Aber in Berlin liebt man wohl mehr den
"LEGOBAUSTIL" !
Ohhh ja , der Verlust des Franziskanerkloster
ist wirklich für Berlin eine traurige Geschichte !
Aber mit der Neugestaltung des Molkenmarkt
hätte man ja eine Chance gehabt !
Aber in Berlin liebt man wohl mehr den
"LEGOBAUSTIL" !
The ruin of the Franziskanerkirche (Klosterstr., Berlin-Mitte), a church from the 13th century that was destroyed in an air raid on 3 April 1945, is all that remains of the Franziskanerkloster, a monastery often referred to as “Graues Kloster” (grey m.). (B/W pic: info panel on site).
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The ruin of the Franziskanerkirche (Klosterstr., Berlin-Mitte), a church from the 13th century that was destroyed in an air raid on 3 April 1945, is all that remains of the Franziskanerkloster, a monastery often referred to as “Graues Kloster” (grey m.). (B/W pic: info panel on site).
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Three misidentified photographs, now verified as documenting the deportation of 1,304 Jews from Hamburg to Lodz, have sparked an international effort to identify the people in them.
A German policeman's album reveals the only images of Hamburg's Jewish deportation
Three Misidentified Photographs, Now Verified as Documenting the Deportation of 1,304 Jews From Hamburg to Lodz, Have Sparked an International Effort to Identify the People in Them
www.haaretz.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Three misidentified photographs, now verified as documenting the deportation of 1,304 Jews from Hamburg to Lodz, have sparked an international effort to identify the people in them.
In Berlin, one does often not know whether a relative lived in the residential building facing the street or in the building(s) behind it (same address). With the help of Histomapberlin.de I was able to determine that a relative had lived in what we call Hinterhaus (rear building) as the front (…)
Histomapberlin.de
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
In Berlin, one does often not know whether a relative lived in the residential building facing the street or in the building(s) behind it (same address). With the help of Histomapberlin.de I was able to determine that a relative had lived in what we call Hinterhaus (rear building) as the front (…)
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526 jüdische Nordhäuser:innen wurden im Nationalsozialismus entrechtet, verfolgt, deportiert, ins Exil oder in den Suizid getrieben oder ermordet. Seit vergangenem Sonntag erinnert am Rathaus in #Nordhausen eine im öffentlichen Stadtbild weithin sichtbare #Gedenktafel namentlich an sie. 1/x
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
526 jüdische Nordhäuser:innen wurden im Nationalsozialismus entrechtet, verfolgt, deportiert, ins Exil oder in den Suizid getrieben oder ermordet. Seit vergangenem Sonntag erinnert am Rathaus in #Nordhausen eine im öffentlichen Stadtbild weithin sichtbare #Gedenktafel namentlich an sie. 1/x
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Marlene Dietrich in front of the Gedächtniskirche, West Berlin, 1960.
Photo by James Whitmore
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Photo by James Whitmore
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November 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Marlene Dietrich in front of the Gedächtniskirche, West Berlin, 1960.
Photo by James Whitmore
www.life.com/history/a-he...
Photo by James Whitmore
www.life.com/history/a-he...
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“Sich regen bringt Segen” (moving brings blessings) is from a poem by Friedrich Rückert from 1838. It appears on what looks like a ghost sign at Ritterstr. 2a (Berlin-Kreuzberg), one of the few buildings that survived WW2, especially the air raid on 3 Feb. 1945 that devasteted the neighbourhood.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Sich regen bringt Segen” (moving brings blessings) is from a poem by Friedrich Rückert from 1838. It appears on what looks like a ghost sign at Ritterstr. 2a (Berlin-Kreuzberg), one of the few buildings that survived WW2, especially the air raid on 3 Feb. 1945 that devasteted the neighbourhood.
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Wer gewappnet ins Weihnachtsfest gehen möchte oder ein Geschenk braucht: Beide Funktionen könnte das Buch »Present Past. Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen« erfüllen. Es erscheint Ende November im Metropol Verlag.
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Wer gewappnet ins Weihnachtsfest gehen möchte oder ein Geschenk braucht: Beide Funktionen könnte das Buch »Present Past. Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen« erfüllen. Es erscheint Ende November im Metropol Verlag.
“Sich regen bringt Segen” (moving brings blessings) is from a poem by Friedrich Rückert from 1838. It appears on what looks like a ghost sign at Ritterstr. 2a (Berlin-Kreuzberg), one of the few buildings that survived WW2, especially the air raid on 3 Feb. 1945 that devasteted the neighbourhood.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Sich regen bringt Segen” (moving brings blessings) is from a poem by Friedrich Rückert from 1838. It appears on what looks like a ghost sign at Ritterstr. 2a (Berlin-Kreuzberg), one of the few buildings that survived WW2, especially the air raid on 3 Feb. 1945 that devasteted the neighbourhood.
After asking my students if they remember Mr. Bean & Dr. House (only a bit of misdirection), I showed them the last 5 mins. of Black Adder (WW1). When it was finished, I could see & feel that they were touched by it. Told them that 11:11 on 11 Nov. in the UK is very different from German Fasching.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
After asking my students if they remember Mr. Bean & Dr. House (only a bit of misdirection), I showed them the last 5 mins. of Black Adder (WW1). When it was finished, I could see & feel that they were touched by it. Told them that 11:11 on 11 Nov. in the UK is very different from German Fasching.
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Danke, Möringen und Mieste passen nicht. Also Miesterhorst.
Post davor gelöscht wegen Rechtschreibfehler.
Post davor gelöscht wegen Rechtschreibfehler.
Bahnhof Miesterhorst
www.kdtroeger.de
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Danke, Möringen und Mieste passen nicht. Also Miesterhorst.
Post davor gelöscht wegen Rechtschreibfehler.
Post davor gelöscht wegen Rechtschreibfehler.
“Unnecessary travelling prolongs the war”
An einem verfallenden Bahnhofsgebäude in Sachsen-Anhalt taucht eine nach 1945 übermalte Parole aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wieder auf: „Unnötige Reisen verlängern den Krieg“
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“Unnecessary travelling prolongs the war”
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An einem verfallenden Bahnhofsgebäude in Sachsen-Anhalt taucht eine nach 1945 übermalte Parole aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wieder auf: „Unnötige Reisen verlängern den Krieg“
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
An einem verfallenden Bahnhofsgebäude in Sachsen-Anhalt taucht eine nach 1945 übermalte Parole aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wieder auf: „Unnötige Reisen verlängern den Krieg“
Does it appear far-fetched that a public school with a partly religious background was less prone to following Nazi ideology?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Does it appear far-fetched that a public school with a partly religious background was less prone to following Nazi ideology?
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The border crossing point at Oberbaumbrücke on the evening of 10 Nov. 1989 - the 2nd day of when the Berlin Wall was suddenly open. It is a collage I made shortly after and as I did not want to rip off the photos, I scanned the page, adjusted each image a bit and rebuilt the collage digitally.
January 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The border crossing point at Oberbaumbrücke on the evening of 10 Nov. 1989 - the 2nd day of when the Berlin Wall was suddenly open. It is a collage I made shortly after and as I did not want to rip off the photos, I scanned the page, adjusted each image a bit and rebuilt the collage digitally.
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Hey look, it's me
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Hey look, it's me
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„Und der Mob stand dabei, johlte, schrie und klatschte Beifall...“ Tagesspiegel-Autorin Irma Edom rief vor 80 Jahren zur Erinnerung an die Pogromnacht auf. @tagesspiegel.de #OTD 1945 #Tagesspiegel80 www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
Sieben Jahre nach der Pogromnacht: Wie der Tagesspiegel 1945 an den 9. November 1938 erinnerte
„Und der Mob stand dabei, johlte, schrie und klatschte Beifall...“ Tagesspiegel-Autorin Irma Edom rief vor 80 Jahren zum Gedenken an die Zerstörung von Synagogen und Läden auf.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
„Und der Mob stand dabei, johlte, schrie und klatschte Beifall...“ Tagesspiegel-Autorin Irma Edom rief vor 80 Jahren zur Erinnerung an die Pogromnacht auf. @tagesspiegel.de #OTD 1945 #Tagesspiegel80 www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...