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Berlin Vision Amid Ruins and Risked Portraits
A wartime Berlin photographer ignored death penalties for photography and captured the city’s scars. He filmed bomb-dented Tauentzien Strasse, the Frederic statue boxed in concrete, Brandenburger Tor streets hidden by disguises, and the Goddess of Victory on the Siegelsaeule with a gray coat concealing its gilded form, signaling Germany’s looming fate.
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Berlin
Germany
Tauentzien Strasse
Frederic
Prussia
Brandenburger Tor
Siegelsaeule Victory Pillar