The building was a Protestant church that had been commandeered by the Nazis for use as a party headquarters during the war.
1945: Down With Adolf
Margeret Bourke-White Photograph
Part of Margaret Bourke-White's images of the failure of Hitler's plan for a thousand-year reich, this image shows a woman in Frankfurt removing a photograph.
A woman removes a portrait of Hitler from the wall of a Protestant church in Frankfurt, which had been used by the Nazis as a party headquarters. On the right is a poster warning against careless talk amongst civilians.
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