{"id":24051,"date":"2015-05-05T12:40:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T10:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24051"},"modified":"2015-05-05T12:41:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T10:41:16","slug":"berlin-in-july-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/05\/berlin-in-july-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin in July 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R5i9k7s9X_A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>My great-grandfather was there. \u00a0My grandfather was there. \u00a0My mother was there. \u00a0And last year I was there. \u00a0Standing in front of the Reichstag building was very moving and emotional. \u00a0As was visiting war\u00a0memorials.<\/p>\n<p>This colored footage of Berlin just three month after the World War II has ended is amazing. \u00a0The areal shots at the end of the video of the destroyed city are mind blowing. \u00a0Look at all the people involved in restoration. \u00a0Look at all the military presence.<\/p>\n<p>Found over at <a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/15\/05\/berlin-in-1945\">kottke<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>My great-grandfather was there. \u00a0My grandfather was there. \u00a0My mother was there. \u00a0And last year I was there. \u00a0Standing in front of the Reichstag building was very moving and emotional. \u00a0As was visiting war\u00a0memorials. This colored footage of Berlin just three month after the World War II has ended is amazing. \u00a0The areal shots at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/05\/berlin-in-july-1945\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Berlin in July 1945<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Berlin in July 1945 #history #video #Germany #Berlin #WWII #VictoryDay","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2986,286,2407,1908],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-24051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-general","tag-germany","tag-history","tag-world-war-ii","tag-youtube-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24058,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/06\/berlin-1945-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":24051,"position":0},"title":"Berlin in 1945 and today","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In additional to the video I posted yesterday, here are some comparison images of Berlin in 1945 and today, in 2015. 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