Object record
Halberstadt’s ruined center after the bombing of 8 April 1945, with the damaged Martinikirche at right. The exact date and camera position are unrecorded.
SeriesPhotographs
- Archive reference
- RB-SCAN-040
- Date
- After 8 April 1945; exact date unrecorded
- Medium
- Not yet recorded in the public catalog
- Physical dimensions
- Not yet recorded in the public catalog
- Digital image
- 2400 × 1555 pixels
- Evidence status
- Documented historic photograph; exact date and camera position remain open questions
- Source and provenance
- Family-held photographic print; high-resolution flatbed scan accessioned 3 August 2026. The city and Martinikirche are identified from the image; the precise vantage point remains under review.
- Custody history
- A separate custody history has not yet been recorded; see the source and credit fields.
- Credit
- Reichenbach Family Archive
- Rights
- Family-owned photograph; cleared for publication by the archive owner.
- Image treatment
- Flatbed scan rotated 90° clockwise into correct viewing orientation and resized for web delivery; the complete print and its borders are preserved. No crop, tonal or generative alteration.
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Permanent citation
How to cite this object
Chicago-style suggested citation
Reichenbach Family Archive. “Halberstadt after the destruction of 1945.” After 8 April 1945; exact date unrecorded. RB-SCAN-040. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-scan-040.
Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-scan-040