Nuremberg 1945 photos by Henry Schnautz

Henry took these pictures at Nuremberg in 1945. He was drafted into the army in spring 1943. He spent most of the year on the East Coast, then shipped to England. After the war he photographed the bombed out city and wrote home to his mom how awful and depressing was the destruction of buildings hundreds of years old.

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After the war Henry was stationed in Nuremberg. During the war he was assigned to a machinery and maintenance unit, hauling back vehicles and weaponry for maintenance or disposal. After the war his unit assembled the surplus in fields in front of the old nazi headquarters, now renamed the Merrell Barracks.
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nuremberg 1945
nuremberg 1945
nuremberg 1945
statue of Albrecht Durer 1945
Albrecht Durer among the ruins of Nuremberg 1945
statue of Hans Sachs 1945
Hans Sachs among the ruins of Nuremberg 1945
statue of Kaiser Wilhelm 1945
Kaiser Wilhelm
statue of Albrecht Durer 1945
Albrecht Durer
statue of Albrecht Durer 1945
Albrecht Durer
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Nnuremberg 1945
Nnuremberg 1945
Nnuremberg 1945
Nnuremberg 1945
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Nnuremberg 1945
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Possibly POWs
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