Tag: wwii

German Jewish refugees, 1939

Gerry Cranham :: Seeking A Home. Twins Renate and Innes Spanier (German-Jewish refugees) gaze out of a porthole of the liner ‘St Louis’ as it finally arrives at Antwerp, after being refused entry to Cuba, the US and Canada, prior to the start of WW II, 17th June 1939. | src Getty Images
Gerry Cranham :: German Jewish refugees, looking through portholes aboard the Hamburg-Amerika liner ‘St Louis’ on arrival at Antwerp, where a temporary home was found for the 900 refugees aboard. Most of them were later deported, 17th June 1939. | src Getty Images

The Riesenrad through time

The Riesenrad after the II World War. Prater Park in ruins, Vienna, January 1946 (Photo by AFP) | src getty images
The Riesenrad after the II World War. Prater Park in ruins, Vienna, January 1946 (Photo by AFP) | src getty images
Yoichi Okamoto ~ Das Wiener Riesenrad, Wien, 1945 | Giant ferris wheel, Prater park, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, 1945 | src ÖNB ~ Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
The Big Wheel at Prater Funfair, Vienna, July 1967 (Photo © Hulton Archive) | src getty images
The famous Ferris wheel at the Prater, Vienna’s principal public park, circa 1955 | src getty images
The Wiener Riesenrad, Vienna, ca. 1935. The Riesenrad in the Prater amusement park in Leopoldstadt | src getty images
Wurstelprater amusement park, Vienna, 1920s. Wiener Prater park with ferris wheel | src getty images
Prater park. In the background the Riesenrad. Photography by M. Manenizza, Vienna, ca. 1900 [Auf dem Weg in den Wiener Wurstelprater, im Hintergrund das Riesenrad. Photographie von M. Manenizza; um 1900] | src getty images