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  • Tags: bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943)

Franz N and Elisabeth N's account of the events at Wildemannsgasse 19, Pinne.

Luise M's account of the events at Packhofstraße 18.

Johannes Leimbach's account of the events at Zeughausstraße 10, Wildemannsgasse 19 'Pinne'.

Mrs Käthe Sch's account of the events at Luisenstraße 2, Old Barracks (north wing), Railway Bunker, Bismarckstraße. Included is a statement by her son, Harry.

Mr Jakob Gockel's account of the events at Oberste Gasse 43.

Heinz Wiegel's account of the events at Luisenstraße 9 and Große Rosenstraße 21.

Mrs Hannah, K's account of the events at Wildemannsgasse 19 (“Pinne”).

Police Sergeant Franz Aschemann's account of the events at Königstraße 74.

Mrs Elfriede N's account of the events at Friedrichsplatz 3, Obere Karlstraße 17/19 (Bürgersäle).

Mr Christian's account of the events at Moltkestraße 7.

Mr Karl L Wickenrode's account of the events at Frankfurter Straße, Weinbergbunker, Marstall and Kaufunger Straße.

Anton J's account of the events at Kassel-Kirchditmold, Opferhof 3.

Karoline K's account of the events at Obere Karlstraße 17 (Bürgersäle).

Maria V's account of the events at Wilhelmstraße 2 ½

Mrs Marie Sch, (née L.), and Miss Elisabeth, L's account of the events at Frankfurter Straße 2, 4, 6, 8.

Mr Herbert's account of the events at Moltkestraße 7 and 8, Untere Königstraße.

AKohlerH170303.mp3
Helmut Köhler (b. 1928) recalls his wartime experience as Luftwaffenhelfer. He provides a first-hand account of two attacks on Kassel, the first on the 22 October 1943 and the second in March 1944. He describes his time spent inside the air-raid…

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On the left an oblique aerial photograph of the River Rhine with a destroyed steel girder bridge with both spans collapsed into the river. This is the Raiffeisen road bridge. The Rhine which is running left to right, is split at this point into two…
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