The Münsterbauverein showed partly unpublished photos of the bomb damage in Freiburg. Red Baron had planned to visit the exhibition early but never found the time. Fortunately, it was extended until January 31, 2025.
This well-known iconic aerial photo shows the apparently undamaged Minster church amid the ruined historical center in the spring of 1946.
The church had not taken a direct hit, but several high-explosive bombs had struck in the immediate vicinity, just short of the northern transept façade. Due to its sturdy construction, the building withstood the massive blast waves of the bombs, the hurled cobblestones of the Münsterplatz, and the bomb splinters.
Only the roof was uncovered, and more than 80,000 tiles were needed to recover it. The city of Freiburg provided 35,000 intended for a school; another 25,000 came from an anonymous donor. The roof had to be sealed as quickly as possible, i.e., before the attended snow at Christmas.
Freiburg's schoolchildren stepped in, climbed the roof, and covered it.
The young people set up and used the medieval wheel to transport the tiles
upwards.
A well-deserved siesta.
The children did their best and proudly stood on a heap of rubble. Although the roof was not fully covered on Christmas Eve, it was tight, as tarpaulins provisionally covered the remaining holes. The roof was finished at the end of 1945 when a generous donation of tiles arrived from the Basel Minster church.
Here, younger children play in the rubble before the Minster church.
Photo with a view of the choir. The
Andlau Palais
lies in ruins.
Mourning the bomb victims near the Minster church.
The Basler Hof
Siegesdenkmal and Karlskaserne
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