According the AP, a 1.8 ton British bomb and a 275 pound American bomb were discovered in Koblenz, Germany, last month. And this weekend, after the temporary evacuation of thousands of people, both bombs were were successfully defused.
And that's all the excuse we need to display more photos taken in 1950 in Germany.
Cologne, Germany, is about 120 kilometers Northwest of Koblenz, and Cologne endured a lot of Allied bombing during WWII, also. The first two photos were taken from a train one day in 1950.
Although the buildings appear to have been damaged, apparently they were still liveable. The handwriting on the back of the one above reads, "Taken from the train at Koln (Cologne) Germany." No dirty laundry there.
The back of this one reads, "A typical scene taken from the train just outside Koln (Cologne)." More visible damage. More clean laundry.
Some kids. I believe this was taken on the streets of Wiesbaden. "Little German boys - typical street urchins."
And finally, some young men in Garnisch. Cool pants, dude.
These are snapshots of old photos there were in a box loaned to me by a neighbor. Click Europe 1950 for more like this.
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