Book excerpt

Photographs in a book, of Hamburg after British bombing in 1943

A bombed building in Hamburg 1943, from 'The Night Hamburg Died' by Martin Caidin
Bombed building where no firestorm
Hamburg 1943, 'the heart of the firestorm area', from 'The Night Hamburg Died' by Martin Caidin
Firestorm area
Hamburg 1943, corpses in a shelter, from 'The Night Hamburg Died' by Martin Caidin
Corpses in a shelter
Hamburg 1943, The Borstelmannsweg section, part of the firestorm area, from 'The Night Hamburg Died' by Martin Caidin
Borstelmannsweg
Hamburg 1943, Corpses in a shelter and in a truck, from 'The Night Hamburg Died' by Martin Caidin
Victims in a shelter and in a truck
1943, A picture taken as the first teams entered the still-smoking 'Dead Zone' of Hamburg from 'The Night Hamburg Died' by Martin Caidin
As first teams entered 'Dead Zone'
Hamburg 1943, Victims in a shelter and outside, from 'The Night Hamburg Died' by Martin Caidin
Victims in air raid shelter and outside
The front cover of 'The Night Hamburg Died', Martin Caidin, Four Square/New English Library, London, 1966.
Front cover of 'The Night Hamburg Died'

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