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Bombed out

Everywhere in Europe, industrialization had led to uncontrolled growth of urban spaces in big cities. The destruction of the Second World War made it possible to finally tackle the extensive modernization of the city that had long been deemed necessary. This was the opportunity to realize modern approaches to urban planning and construction.

Photographs from files documenting rubble removal

Photographs commissioned by the Tiergarten district office 1951–1972 by Herbert Ewel, Photo Hönicke, Möbius & Willmanowski, Leon Müller and the Tiergarten district’s visual media collection

Taken over from the urban planning office Tiergarten before 1990, deposit of the Federal Archives in Berlin

Siemensstraße 9

Oldenburger Straße 32

Ottostraße 11–13

Flensburger Sr. 20–21

Hansaviertel

Bachstraße 10

Händelallee

Paulstraße 24

Brückenallee 4–23

Platz der Republik

Bellevuestraße

Pohlstraße 8–58

When we think of post-war Berlin, we probably evoke the mental image of a woman clearing away rubble (Trümmerfrau). However, the reconstruction of Berlin was first and foremost a major logistic effort. Municipal public servants assessed the degree of destruction and calculated the financial resources that were needed. Until 1949, the Allies arranged for and steered the removal of rubble, the restoration of the infrastructure systems and measures to create housing.

Files about the removal of rubble from plots in the Tiergarten district, 1950–1955

Taken over from the urban planning office Tiergarten 1998