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Sunday, April 6, 2008

A Cool Website

I just found this website yesterday and spent hours looking at it.
http://www.altfrankfurt.com
This morning, I went right back to it. It is chock full of old photos of Frankfurt. They have done a marvelous job of getting interesting tidbits of information about so many of the buildings, streets, etc. too.

I was most surprised to see the photo of American soldiers entering my neighborhood, Bornheim! I had no idea they came through here during the war. Some of the coolest photos are under the section: Zeppelin.

Of course the photos showing the destruction from the war are fascinating too. Hats off to the women of Frankfurt who cleaned the rubble up and literally rebuilt Frankfurt. They do not get enough credit for this enormous task. There certainly weren't many men around at that time to do it. In fact, they have tried for years to get some sort of pension from the government, but without much success.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the photos!

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