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This is a German book showing the destruction of Pirmasens Germany from World War II (1945) and the rebuilding efforts (1957) - Copyright 1957 by Adolf Deil KG., Pirmasens. - This is a black & white picture book with text descriptions in German. --- Pirmasens is a district-free city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany near the border with France. The surrounding rural district was called Pirmasens from 1818 until 1997 when it was renamed Südwestpfalz. On 15 March 1945 Pirmasens was captured by US troops, and the following year it became part of the newly founded Bundesland Rhineland-Palatinate. During the occupation on Sept. 19 the Museum of Pirmasens announced that about 50 paintings which had been stored in the air-raid shelter at Husterhoh School during the war have been plundered during the arrival of the American troops. / Hardbound with cloth-cover boards / 99 pages / Photographs
History Books“History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.” So said the early 2…