Post-War Urban Reconstruction

Photos documenting the destruction and rebuilding efforts in post-war cities, highlighting the resilience of communities in the aftermath.

Paris, France February 7, 1934The Royalists in Paris with their battle cry of Vive Le Roi and Vive la France chalked on the wall of the Ministry of Marines which they had set afire.

Soviet Infantrymen In Muehlhausen -- Soviet infantrymen dash past a burning building during street fighting in Muehlhausen, East Prussia, according to the caption accompanying this picture received in New York by Radio from Moscow Feb. 20. February 02, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Radiophoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Fire at the workshop of the Army Technical Service in Solo. the fire. 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Solo

King Inspects Air Raid Damage -- The King making a tour of the air raid damage in South London today. November 19, 1940. (Photo by LNA).

Paris, France February 7, 1934The Royalists in Paris with their battle cry of Vive Le Roi and Vive la France chalked on the wall of the Ministry of Marines which they had set afire.

Anefo photo collection. Fire at Hernhutters in Zeist. After extinguishing the destroyed properties. October 28, 1967. Utrecht, Zeist

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sindanglaoet Linggadjati. Linggadjati: the sugar factory of Sindanjoet belonging to the Ned.-IND. Agricultural company with a capacity of 200kg cane sugar per minute, was spared by the rapid retrieval of the Dutch troops for total destruction. Only a large boiler was blown up. De Ravage .. July 1947. Indonesia, Linggarjati, Dutch East Indies, Sindang Laut

Warsaw Prepares For Re-Building -- Poles working amid war debris, fit a new shop front to a store in Warsaw. Warsaw, the first allied capital to suffer the Nazi 'Blitz Krieg', and which later became the-hot-bed of duels between Polish patriots and the German War Lords, has only just got down to clearing up the debris which for so long has littered her streets. Workmen are now to be seen pulling down dangerous structures in readiness for rebuilding. October 08, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Arnhem. Two men with a number of destroyed buildings. June 1945. Arnhem

Anefo photo collection. Fire at V & D. Outline fire. September 11, 1961

As the Fire Gained Impetus, flames leapt from the Colombo Street frontage. Firemen can be seen playing their hoses on the blaze while the mass of flame on the left shows where the fire was first noticed. November 28, 1947.

26 Dead In Rome Film Fire -- General view of the burning five storey Minerva Film Co. Building, Rome, fireman, atop a ladder, looks, into a fifth floor window where the fire still burns.26 persons were burned to death, with more bodies likely to be found in the charred ruins, and further deaths expectable among 25 people hospitalised in a fire which broke out May 14, 1947, in the film store of the Minerva Film Co. Rome, Italy. May 30, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Navy depot ship Kuttabur sunk by Jap sobs in Sydney Harbour. June 1, 1942.

SECOND WORLD WAR. Battle of Stalingrad fought between Russian and German troops. 1942. USSR.

A collapsed mobile roof hoiat. These ground pictures of the Renault Works at Billancourt, were procured recently after the liberation of Paris, and show conclusively the results of the R.A.F. Bomber Command attack of March 3rd, 1942. October 21, 1944. (Photo by Department of Air).

Hungary Raids Over - War File. December 19, 1945.

Skioptic image with motifs from Horb.The image has been stored in cardboard labeled: the journey 1908. Horb 3. Herrenberg 4. IX.

Anefo photo collection. Bijenkorf fire. March 1, 1947

Anefo photo collection. Fire in spuistraat, after extinguishing work. January 22, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Firemen fighting house fire.

Spanish Civil War: the Spanish town of Guernica, after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft 1937.

Anefo photo collection. Demolition after fire on Rembrandt Square. January 8, 1969

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Palembang. Destruction. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Berlin (Germany), 04/20/1945. Adolf Hitler and his aide-de-camp Julius Schaub, contemplate the ruins of the Reich Chancellery. This is the last known photo of Hitler alive.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: The Hague. Two men with pre-hammers dealing with demolition work. July 1945. The Hague, South Holland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sindanglaoet Linggadjati. Destruction. July 1947. Indonesia, Linggarjati, Dutch East Indies, Sindang Laut

Anefo photo collection. Police and army with armored cars and tanks clear up barricades in Vondelbuurt, Amsterdam; Tank on barricade. March 3, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Demolition after fire on Rembrandt Square. January 8, 1969

House destroyed by artillery fire in Podgora near Görz North Italy.

London Children Killed In Nazi Bomb Raid - Rescuers busy among the ruins of the bombed school in the London district, where 47 children have been killed and many injured. Search work is still in progress. January 21, 1943. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Fire in freight wagons at Avesta Krylbo Bangård after explosion in a German ammunition train.

Anefo photo collection. Explosion in Krimpen to the IJssel. Auto delve completely under debris. May 8, 1968. Krimpen aan den IJssel

SECOND WORLD WAR. Battle of Stalingrad fought between Russian and German troops. Delivery of outposts. December 1942 Eastern Front. USSR.

A perfect Hit at Chungking.... In the center rearground of photo is a military establishment hit by bombs from Japanese naval planes in a recent raid of Chungking. May 16, 1939. (Photo by The Domei New Photos Service)

Anefo photo collection. Fire at C and A at the Damrak in Amsterdam, on the Nieuwendijk. February 15, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destroyances Netherlands 1941/1945. Place unknown. Church interior destroyed. 1945. The Netherlands

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Kloond-Sekajoe Epil. A peloton of 5-3 ri was moved to the VP (field police) Post Klowang (South Sumatra). Albert van der Goore from Koewacht (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen) aims the pancakes outside through the window of the future canteen. March 6, 1948. Indonesia, Kluang, Dutch East Indies, Sekayu, Sumatra

England, London, Volunteer Nurses Aides, British Red Cross and St. John's Ambulance Brigade

Armorship boosts.Sweden (depicted - name)

Pulling Down London's Unsafe Buildings After the Great "Fire-Blitz" - An unsafe building in the London area topples down today, Jan. 2, when royal engineers were hard at work demolishing walls and buildings rendered unsafe in the great "Fire-Blitz" of last Sunday night. February 25, 1941. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

12/16/1983. Firefighters at the entrance to the Alcalá 20 nightclub.

Anefo photo collection. Clearing the rubble and search for victims of Hotel Poland; Throughing the victim from debris de Slegte. May 10, 1977

War 1914-1918. Fire following the bombing of 12 rue de Rivoli on April 12, 1918, at the corner of the rue Pavée. Paris (I and IVth arr.). Photograph by Charles Lansiaux (1855-1939). Silver gelatin-bromide draw. April 12, 1918. Paris, Carnavalet museum. RIVOLI STREET

Warehouses in the east of London burning, set alight by bombs dropped from Lufwaffe (German Air Force) planes during the Blitz on the night of 24-25 August 1940. London firefighters trying to extinguish flames with hoses. damage.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Furrow of ***** - A German Bomb, so during the Sept. 14 Raids on London, HD this effect, British sources said on a "Skyscraper" flat building in a Southwest are of the English captain. Casualties, if any, were not mentioned in the English Caption. September 20, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC For article "Hasty urgency". Medan: Tebing Tinggi brought about the rapid advance of the Dutch troops to a panic under the TNI troops and officials present. With their rush-hasty flight, they forced the train staff to transport them to Siantar, although it was aware that there was a train from Siantar on the track section. Both trains rode on each other and many paid their lives for this crazy ride. When the Dutch troops arrived a few hours later, everything has been made to transport the hundreds seriously injured as quickly as possible to the hospital. An image of the havoc at the place of disaster .. July 29, 1947. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Company Wingfoot, Rantau Prapat. Destructions. December 24, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Toledo, December 1936. Spanish Civil War. Toledo street destroyed by bombings.

Anefo photo collection. Hotel Poland (Amsterdam) burned out; Under de huurbopen people are looking for victims. 11 May 1977. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Gas boffing in Den Bosch, overview of the havoc. February 12, 1965. Den Bosch

Anefo photo collection. Large fire on Rembrandt Square, in which several properties failed completely. December 30, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

November 1936. The garage on Núñez de Balboa Street, Bombed by Aviation.

Britain's Defence Establishments - Fire fighting demonstration at the Damage Control School, H.M.S. "Phoenix." July 01, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Anefo photo collection. Large fire on Rembrandt Square, in which several properties failed completely. December 30, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Düsseldorf, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945

Dégions made by the bombs of a Zeppelin 73 rue des Panoyaux. Damage made by the bombs of a Zeppelin at 34, 53 or 73 Rue des Panoyaux, 20th arrondissement, Paris, 29 January 1916 Anonymous. Dégions made by the bombs of a Zeppelin 73 rue des Panoyaux. Damage made by the bombs of a Zeppelin at 34, 53 or 73 rue des Panoyaux, 20th arrondissement, Paris, January 29, 1916. Drawing with gelatin bromide of silver. January 29, 1916-29 January 1916.

Fourth Of July Fireworks -- This spectacular blaze, which gutted a five-story milling section of the giant Gwinn Milling Co. here today, caused damage estimated as $600,000 -- the second in less than two years. That part of the building still standing above the second floor to the right later crashed inward. July 4, 1947. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Bombing Raid - Petrol company's building in Abbo, Finland, ***** furiously after a Russia***** bombing raid. Several ***** trucks of petrol ***** also set on fire. March 12, 1940.

Shiroyama National School After Bombing Of Nagasaki, Japan.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Anefo photo collection. Explosion in Krimpen to the IJssel. Overview of the ravage. May 8, 1968. Krimpen aan den IJssel

Anefo photo collection. Pand D Vogelstruys evacuated again in the afternoon. Chain fired on Rokin. September 8, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Scene in the city of Hiroshima, Japan after the Atomic Bomb attack - late 1945 or early 1946

The Fire Brigade responds to a building fire next to the Daily Sketch offices in Manchester (C. Walter and Co.) A wheeled escape ladder had been deployed to the top right window where two people can be seen attempting to escape the building through the smoke.

Anefo photo collection. Three-day protest march, protesters with crosses and helmet on Waterlooplein. March 27, 1967

Scenes During Peru's Revolutionary DramaA bus aflame in the Plaza de Avinas, during the short lived melee in the Peruvian Capitol.Conditions in Peru have reached a state of stability sooner than seemed possible when the revolt headed by Col. Sanchez Cerro, started. The deposed President Lequia, faces either exile or imprisonment, with the clamor for his life abated, while the man who sent him from his pedestal, now the hero of the moment, has the presidency for his asking, the revolt was accomplished with little bloodshed. February 9, 1930. (Photo by Pacific & Atlantic Photo).

Forsjö use. Tackjärnsvågen.

07/31/1916. After the Battle. Collection of French wounded for transfer to hospitals.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Venlo. A destroyed home in Venlo. March 1945. Limburg, Venlo

Several attempts at rescue were made during the disastrous fire yesterday afternoon, many of them successful. Following his escape from the building, an injured member of the staff is seen here under the ladder on the verandah before being brought to the ground. November 28, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Socialist youth threw a pot of red paint against the monument on the Dam. May 1, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Hollandse Schouwburg is set up as a memorial site. September 19, 1960

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

A photograph showing the method of burning out a rebel stronghold during the uprising in Ireland. Dated 20th century

Fire on a block during the 4th day of the 1965 Watts Riots. In Southeast Los Angeles, looting, burning, and rioting by African Americans continued in the Nation's worst race riot in two decades. August 12, 1965.

Performance of the 1st battalion regiment shock troops in the Dutch East Indies during the 1st police action. Chinese houses on fire broken by republican troops.

Anefo photo collection. Fire on the Ziedeneneskade no. 10, the fire brigade in action. April 18, 1965

Anefo photo collection. Large fire on Rembrandt Square, in which several properties failed completely. December 30, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

US soldiers and vehicles from the 86th Division, part of the US Third Army, move through the devastated town of Ingolstadt, Germany during World War I. The image captures the aftermath of the war, with damaged buildings and rubble lining the streets.

Destruction Shots. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

U. S. Soldier Examines Bomb Damage At The Querum Aircraft Engine Plant At Querum, Germany.

05/31/1915. Anti-Austrian riots in Milan. Mobs Burning in Piazza Settentrionale Furniture and Effects Belonging to Austrian and German Subjects.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Hotel Roof Fire Spreads *****. March 09, 1936.

Submarine U1 damage in plating.U 1 (depicted - name)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting tjilatjap. A strange inundation. In tjilatjap, the tni were placed on fire by, among other things, sugar. The result was that the areas of the port complex through the stream melted sugar blank - or rather: stroop brown - were set. August 1948. Cilacap, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

07/24/1937. Appearance of the damage caused in a bombing of the national aviation.

Anefo photo collection. Fire and explosions in building on Quellijnstraat in Amsterdam;, photographed by broken window. June 16, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Cellar of Ipatiev house in Yekaterinburg, after the Execution of the Imperial Family in the night on 16-17 July 1918, Anonymous

Germany, Berlin, the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

Vintage photograph. Five-alarm fire that raged through a five story export warehouse

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