Archive Record
Images

Metadata
Object Name |
Postcard, Picture |
Scope & Content |
Postcards Removed From Joseph Dutilh WWII Scrapbook, Page 17, 1945. Page contains two black-and-white postcards. Postcard A shows an empty square surrounded by buildings; its caption reads "Saarbrucken - Malstatt Markt mit evang. Kirche" [market with evangelical church]. Postcard B shows a stately building on a street corner and is captioned "Saarbrucken Bergwerksdirektion." |
Date |
c. 1941-1945 |
Catalog Number |
2017.045.001.17A-B |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Notes |
"Saarbrücken was heavily bombed in World War II.[16] In total 1,234 people (1.1 percent of the population) in Saarbrücken were killed in bombing raids 1942-45.[17] 11,000 homes were destroyed and 75 percent of the city left in ruins." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken#World_War_II] "The 8th US Air Force raided Saarbrücken at least 16 times, from October 4, 1943, to November 9, 1944. Targeting mostly the marshalling yards, a total of at least 2387 planes of the 8th. USAF killed a minimum of 543 people and heavily damaged more than 4400 buildings, of which more than 700 were completely destroyed, thus depriving more than 2300 people of shelter.[16]" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken#World_War_II] |
Category |
Photographs |
People |
Dutilh, Joseph V. |
Search Terms |
Dutilh, Joseph V. Photography World War II World War Two WWII |
Subjects |
Photograph albums Photographic postcards Photographs Photography Postcards World War II |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Estate of Alice Dutilh |