Air raids on Delmenhorst
The air raids on Delmenhorst by Allied bombers only caused relatively little damage to the city of Delmenhorst during the Second World War . In May 1939 the city had 38,261 inhabitants. Barracks and an air base lay on its edge .
Air strikes
Delmenhorst was hit by three major air raids in 1943 and 1945:
On October 8, 1943, bombs fell on the Bremen – Oldenburg railway line in the city of Delmenhorst , and the park school was also hit. Many children and teachers were killed as a result. A memorial in the Bungerhof cemetery commemorates them.
On November 26, 1943, the city center was hit in another air raid. The Catholic Church was destroyed by two bomb hits.
In the heaviest air raid on Delmenhorst on February 3, 1945, 95 houses with 161 apartments were completely destroyed.
A total of 194 buildings were destroyed and 551 badly damaged by air strikes on Delmenhorst. The number of apartments destroyed was 227. This corresponds to a degree of destruction of 2.3%. A total of 18,500 m³ of rubble was removed.
Individual evidence
- ^ German Association of Cities: Statistical Yearbook of German Communities , p. 384. Braunschweig 1952.
- ↑ Lower Saxony City Book , Stuttgart 1952.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b German Association of Cities: Statistical Yearbook of German Communities , p. 377. Braunschweig 1952.
- ↑ German Association of Cities: Statistical Yearbook of German Communities , p. 385. Braunschweig 1952.
