Künstlerhaus Munich May 1945

Künstlerhaus München May 1945; Photo; Licensed article; Original: 5740×4315; Photographer: Unknown; Licensable; Rights: © Bleek/zb Media.

A large pile of rubble dominates the scene at Maximiliansplatz. Rubble and broken stones lie scattered around, a silent witness to the air raids that hit Munich hard. Behind it looms the badly damaged Künstlerhaus – its façade marked by impacts, window cavities yawning empty, the roof partially collapsed. Once a centre of artistic and social life, the building now stands as a symbol of the destruction left behind by the war.