Getty Images have merged photographs of Berlin during World War II and in 2015 – to stunning effect. These fascinating images show the contrast of the city devastated by defeat at the end of World War II with the modern powerhouse city it is today.
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Crowds saluting to Adolf Hitler passing by in a motorcade on October 2, 1938 (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) and a view from approximately the same perspective along on April 30, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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People walking past the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on July, 20, 1945 (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective along Budapester Strasse on May 2, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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A German soldier sitting in front of the ruins of the Reichstag at the end of Worl War II on May 9, 1945 (Photo by Laski Diffusion/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective on March 18, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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Russian and U.S. troops in front of the ruins of the Brandenburg Gate at the end of World War II in 1945 (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective on May 2, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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Two boys sitting at thr ruins of the Hercules fountain at Luetzowplatz after World War II in 1945 in Berlin, Germany (Photo by Fred Ramage/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective on April 29, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery addressing Allied troops near Tiergarten park after World War II in 1945 in Berlin, Germany (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective on April 29, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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A German artillery gun standing in front of the ruins of the Reichstag after World War II in July, 1945 in Berlin, Germany (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective on March 20, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
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U.S. (L) and Soviet troops greeting one another on a damaged bridge over the Elbe River towards the end of World War II on April 26, 1945 in Torgau, Germany (Photo by Allan Jackson/Getty Images) and a view on the same bridge from the same perspective on April 29, 2015 in Torgau, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) |
(via
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