National Content: Germany

The department store "Defaka" after a bombattack,at Graf-Adolf-Straße 44 in Duesseldorf at 12 of June 1943

Source217-316-009, City archives Düsseldorf, This Picture was made for the town Duesseldorf
Event referred toThe Centrum of Duesseldorf was bombard, it was one of the biggest fights against Duesseldorf. Graf-Adolf-Straße was totaly destroyed, today and before this time it´s one of the biggest shopping miles in Duesseldorf.
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Description of the sourceOn this Picture you can see a department store it´s name was "Defaka", it´s the big building in the Middel of the picture. In front of the store is the Graf-Adolf-Straße, the street was called Adolf-Hitler-Straße at this time.
Contextualisation of the sourceAt these Bomb attack Duesseldorf was destroyed with 40 bomb raids.
Interpretation of the sourceAt this time Duesseldorf was totally bombard and it was destroyed. At least Germany lost the war.
Original ContentsAuf diesem Bild kann man das Kaufhaus "Defaka" sehen, es ist in der Mitte vom Bild. Davor liegt die Graf-Adolf-Straße, diese hieß zu dieser Zeit Adolf-Hitler-Straße.
Original Contents (English Translation)On this Picture you can see a department store it´s name was "Defaka", it´s the big building in the Middel of the picture. In front of the store is the Graf-Adolf-Straße, the street was called Adolf-Hitler-Straße at this time.