High-Wire Circus Artists at Heumarkt, Cologne, 1946

These photographs were shot shortly after World War II in 1946 at Haumarkt in Cologne. The bombed-out city forms the basis for circus artists adventure on the line, and the audience gets a well-deserved break in the reconstruction effort.

An Aerial View of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany During World War II

An aerial view of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany during World War II. The cathedral withstood 70 hits by allied bombers. And stood as a beacon of hope in an otherwise flattened city.