This lavishly illustrated book is devoted to West Prussia, the area between Pomerania and East Prussia.
Land of forest and lakes, the Haff, coast of the Baltic sea and land of castles .. simply magnificent.
It has stunning photos of old towns and villages, how they looked prior war destruction.
Depicted are [excerpt]:
Thorn - sculpture of Nikolaus Kopernikus, townhall, St. Jakob church, Nonnentor, Junkerhof, Seglerstrasse; Kulm; Ostrometzko; Church of Schwetz; Graudenz with market square and Weichsel Bridge; Church and Castel of Rheden; Kulmsee; Strasburg; Gollub; Castle Golau; jews and gypsies near russian border; Neumark; Lautenburg; Neuenburg; Komturei Castle Mewe; monastery in Pelplin; church of prussian Stargard; Dirschauer Weichsel Bridge; sugar refinery of Dirschau; Monastery of Karthaus; Hela; Gdingen; Neustadt; Konitz; Heiderode; Tuchel; Konigsbruch, Zempelburg; farmhouse Sossnow; Weissenhohe; Bromberg; Schlochau; Deutsch-Krone; Elbing; Succase; Cadinen; Tolkemit; Fresh spit; rolling ships and boats; Marienburg - Malbork Castle; Christburg; Garnsee; Rosenberg; Riesenburg; Freystadt; Deutsch-Eylau; palace Finckenstein; Zoppot; Danzig ...
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