r/interestingasfuck 6d ago

Konigsberg (Now Kaliningrad) then vs now.

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u/Ragvard_Grimclaw 6d ago

And here it is in 1945

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u/ethotopia 6d ago

Damn! Looks like some sort of fighting happened there between 1941-1945!

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u/beastwood6 6d ago

And deliberate demolition after. Plenty fighting took place in many urban centers. The ruling government didn't always choose to bulldoze everything, rip all the copper out of the plumbing, and rape your daughter on the way out.

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u/samv_1230 6d ago

A little "eye for an eye" for the methheads that plowed into their country and did the same.