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Krupp factory in ruins, Essen, Germany, circa late Apr 1945; photograph taken from an observation aircraft of US 79th Division

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Caption     Krupp factory in ruins, Essen, Germany, circa late Apr 1945; photograph taken from an observation aircraft of US 79th Division ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Essen, Germany
Date 
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives via Wikimedia Commons
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   Bild 146-941
 
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Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

See Bild 146-941 on Wikimedia Commons

According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 21 Jul 2010, photographs can be reproduced with if these preconditions are met:
- quote the "Federal Archives" as source,
- add the signature of the pictures and
- of name of the originator, i.e. the photographer.
...
You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives for free on Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 19 Jul 2023, "You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives on Wikimedia Common free of charge".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 795 x 612 pixels



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