Berlin 1945: A Broken City

Berlin 1945. One could say it looked like hell on Earth. Many hearts would break. Many families broken. Violence. Hatred. Animal fighting. Desperate defences.. Then death. Rape of defenceless women. Orphaned children. An entire nation at the mercy of gloating victors, who their leaders had described as sub-human. Heart-breaking... That was Berlin in 1945.

Even after so many years, the pictures below bring back the tragedy of that time.

The Russians rush through the streets of Berlin to overcome the last of the German resistance.

Hitler was desperate. He was depressed. He was sending little boys to stop the advancing Russians. A sad end to a man who once led the mightiest army in the world.

The prime of German youth was wiped out. An entire generation of German men.When the Russians entered Berlin in April 1945, nearly 80% of the population was of women. The rest were boys and old men.

A broken Hitler seen for the last time on film. A day before he ended his life.

Ruins everywhere. Brandenburg Gate mutely witnesses the agony of a once proud nation.

The last of the fighting German soldiers emerge from a subway to surrender.

Russian planes roar above as soldiers rush to capture the Reichstag

The Reichstag burns

Goebbels killed himself and his family

German women watch helplessly as Russian tanks trundle into Berlin

The last few remaining German soldiers walk into captivity as Russians watch atop a tank.

The desperate fighting in the city reduced it to rubble

The Red Flag flies over the Reichstag. The city lies below, totally broken

These old men are that is left of German males.

German women. Before the nightmare of mass-rape by Russian soldiers began

German children have these 'toys' to play with

Berlin burns


These Russian officers are interested in examining things at the former Gestapo headquarters

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