SA Photo's.

[leon21]

Here are two photo's of a SA parade , can anybody tell me in which city the photo's were taken?.

 

[Fritz]

Fotos taken in München, second photo is of the Siegestor, built after the Napoleonic Wars, 1843-1850 by order of Ludwig I., dedicated to the city of Munich by his successor, Maximilian II., after Ludwig I. abdicated. Was damaged in WW2, the Quadriga had fallen from its mount, restored post war. The first photo is of the Feldherrnhalle, built also on order of Ludwig I., 1841-1844 as a tribute to the Bavarian Army. Two statues commemorate notable figures of Bavarian military history, Fürst Wrede and Graf Tilly. Only lightly damaged during WW2, restored postwar. The graves of those who fell during the Munich Putsch on 19. November 1923 were in the courtyard of this building, these were removed after WW2.

A further photo shows the Feldherrnhalle and Theatinerkirche at the Odeonsplatz.

 

[leon21]

Thanks Paul, great information.

[Fritz]

As mentioned, the Feldherrenhalle was the centre point of the HItler-Putsch, which was to start with the March to the Feldherrnhalle, where the Munich Police opened fire.  The  Blutorden was to commemorate this event, and was awarded to those who took part in and survived the march. Leading the march were Erich Ludendorff and Adolf Hitler. Hermann Göring also took part and was wounded and after treatment  of wounds, he managed to escape for Sweden. The Feldherrnhalle is depicted on one side of this medal, originals are sterling silver, and due to their limited number, each medal had the  number of it's recipient. Photo (copy) as example

The ceremony to commemorate the 15th Anniversary on 23. November 1938, original film material.

[leon21]

Here are two more photo's of the same Parade.

[leon21]

Here's a video of Munchen Now & Then ( showing the damaged Siegestor ).

 

[Fritz]

27. August 2012 in München-Schwabing, Feilitzschstraße - a 500 kg bomb from WW2 was discovered and had to be detonated, as there was no other possibility of removing safely, all of the local population had to be evacuated. The explosion caused a great deal of damage as can be seen in this short film. Large fragments  of shrapnel were later found in a radius of over 300 metres, as a police spokesman later stated.

It is estmated that there are still many thousands of unexploded bombs in cities, and almost every week, bombs are still being discovered and removed.

 

[Fritz]

Here is a more dramtic scene of the explosion

and the biggest evacuation in postwar years in Frankfurt, a WW2 blockbuster, 1,8 Tonnes (1.400 Kg. TNT), was found....

 

[leon21]

    Here's a photo of a SA Parade in Duisburg c1928, photo taken from a frame of cine film.

[Fritz]

It is estimated that 15 percent of all bombs dropped by the Allies in WW2 did not explode and are still being found, at least one every week is found and has to be recovered and de-activated or destroyed with a controlled explosion, the risk for bomb recovery personnel is increasing year by year as the condition of the material steadily deteriorates. Fatal accidents are still happening.

 

[Fritz]

On 14/06/2018 at 15:34, leon21 said:

    Here's a photo of a SA Parade in Duisburg c1928, photo taken from a frame of cine film.

you should see Duisburg today, you wouldn't recognise the city or it's current population.

[Fritz]

A local newspaper report about the work of the bomb disposal experts of today, from the local press on 3. February 2016.
Bombs are still being constantly found on nearly every redevelopment site. More of the finds are still highly dangerous,
and the population of the areas surrounding are evacuated till the bomb has either been rendered harmless or removed.
Many accidents have happened in the past few years and experts have been killed while doing their highly dangerous work.