Posts Tagged ‘Coventry Blitz’

Sylvia Schaler

Tuesday, November 14th, 2017

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Bill Ward

Monday, November 13th, 2017

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From Above photo exhibition at the Muzeum mesta Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic

Thursday, September 10th, 2015

..September 2015.. ..Usti nad Labem..

An article about the From Above exhibition featuring portraits of atomic bomb and WWII firebombing survivors at the Muzeum mesta Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic. The exhibitions runs until January 17th, 2016.
http://ustecky.denik.cz/kultura_region/muzeum-priblizuje-osudy-hibakusa-20150819.html

From Above
August 19, 2015-January 17, 2016
Muzeum mesta Usti nad Labem
Masarykova 1000/3

A small amount of limited edition From Above books are still available at PhotoEye.com:
http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=I1040&i&i2
It’s a limited edition so once these copies are sold there will not be any more available.

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Coventry Blitz, Operation Moonlight Sonata

Sunday, November 10th, 2013

Michael Logan, “Coventry Blitz”

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Coventry Blitz survivor, John Huthwaite

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

Coventry Blitz, Moonlight Sonata

Monday, November 12th, 2012

The Ruins of Trinitatiskirsche in Dresden and Coventry Cathedral in Coventry

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

..February 2012.. ..Dresden..

The top photo in each series are the ruins of Trinitatiskirsche and bottom photo are the ruins Coventry Cathedral.

Trinitatiskirsche was destroyed on February 13th, 1945 when Dresden endured 3 continuous waves of Allied bombing that lasted until the next day. Only the crater lined outer walls still stand today.

The Coventry Cathedral was destroyed during the Coventry Blitz on November 14,1940 by the German Luftwaffe. Only the tower, spire, outer wall and bronze effigy of its first bishop, Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs, survived.

Both destroyed structures serve as reminders of the indiscriminate scars of war. Coventry and Dresden shared similar fates during WWII. The cities were pulverized with bombs leaving only memories of what the famous cities once were.

The structure of the Trinitatiskirsche was used as a community center during the GDR. The ruins of the Coventry Cathedral is now used as memorial while it neighbors the new cathedral.

For those who experienced the bombings, these surviving structures are not only reminders of what once stood respectively in Dresden and Coventry but also lost memories of their childhoods and experiences with their families that were taken away by war.

Coventry Blitz

Friday, November 18th, 2011

..September 2011.. ..Coventry..

Coventry Cathedral.

London Road Cemetery, Coventry

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011