Goering Leftwaffe Building
PhotographerPhotographed by
Thomas F. Oakes
American, 1900 - 1966
Date1944-1945
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 2 1/2 × 2 1/2in. (6.4 × 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Nora Oakes Howard
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by Thomas F. Oakes of the front facade of the German Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, or RLM). The building has been damaged by the bombing of Berlin in the late stages of World War II, there is rubble in the foreground in front of the building.
Object number2017.41.15
MarkingsPrinted on back: "RIDAX" Stamped in black on back: "62 J"InscribedHandwritten in pencil on back: "CM"
Handwritten in black ink on back by Thomas Oakes: "Front of Goering/ Leftwaffe Bldg–/ only bldg not a wreck"
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