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The discovery of a World War II bomb in Cologne, Germany, on Tuesday evening prompted authorities to request more than 3,000 people to leave their homes. The explosive was uncovered in the Sülz ...
Today, Rado is 75 and co-chairman of Cologne's Jewish Synagogue Community, the oldest Jewish community in Germany. After World War II, there was a revival of Jewish community life in Cologne.
German experts defused a World War II bomb in Cologne on Tuesday that had forced ... World War II bombs are regularly unearthed in Germany. Earlier this month, some 14,000 people had to leave ...
World War II tank gunner Clarence Smoyer, renowned for his courage and deadly aim during the battle for Germany’s “Fortress City” of Cologne, died Friday at his home in Allentown.
Still, last May, some 20,000 people were cleared from an area of Cologne while authorities ... 45,000 people—the largest evacuation in Germany since World War II—were forced to leave their ...
It is not unusual to find unexploded ordinances from World War II in Germany, and in particular in Cologne, the country's fourth largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. Cologne was a ...