Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: world war ii

This is the entrance to a World War II bomb shelter that was located in one of the Untergrundbahn stations, although regrettably I've forgotten which one. If anyone remembers I would love to know.

This small memorial is in the old Jewish ghetto in Berlin, on the location where Einstein lived until he had to flee the holocaust. The memorial is all that remains of his house, as the whole area was levelled by Allied bombing.

The original Frauenkirche was destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden in 1945, and the spectacular Baroque church was still being rebuilt when I visited it in 2005, being reopened shortly after I took this picture. The restoration wasn't begun until the early 1980s, but still it took a long time. Now, the church is standing again for all to see, and its so beautiful it's a little bit surreal. It's just not common to see anything new (kind of) that looks this good.