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Children play at the Sachs-Stadion in
1936 - the stadium is decorated with swastika flags.
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The trees and bushes have grown up in
the intervening 70 years, but the view remains mostly unchanged
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Buildings along Cramerstraße,
across from the SKF-1 factory, were substantially destroyed
during the war. (Stadtarchiv Schweinfurt)
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Cramerstraße today. |
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Looking down Ernst-Sachs-Straße,
at another large crater in the street. The Fichtel & Sachs
buildings are to the left. (Stadtarchiv Schweinfurt)
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The rebuilt SKF-Werk II building shown
in the comparison above is on the right in this view, with
another VKF (now SKF) building just beyond it.
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Ruined houses on Fischerrain,
near the Main River. (Städtische Sammlungen Schweinfurt)
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Most were rebuilt to approximate their
original appearance, but the street was widened on the left
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This Sherman tank is moving
through the rubble of the destroyed Gelatine Fabrik on Friedrich-Stein-Straße.
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The modern layout of this area precludes
a matching view today, but the building in the modern photo
can be seen in the right background of the 1945 photo (partially
destroyed).
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Kesslergasse, a quaint street
in the old town area, was left in ruins. (Stadtarchiv Schweinfurt)
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The ruins were rebuilt in about the same
style.
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