Panzer, Schokolade und eine explodierte Tellermine - So erlebten Eschenbacher das Kriegsende

Der Einmarsch der Amerikaner am 19. April 1945 und das Geschehen rund um das Kriegsende bewegen auch heute noch die ältere Generation. Schilderungen persönlicher Erlebnisse geben einen Eindruck dieser Zeit.

von Walther Hermann

Auf dieser Postkarte, die noch aus der Zeit der Nationalsozialisten stammt, ist zu sehen, wie der Eschenbacher Stadtplatz vor dem Kriegsende 1945 aussah.

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