Description:
Text transcribed from captions on reverse: The heavily damaged Dom,
Berlin’s Protestant Cathedral, where the Kaisers attended divine worship
before World War I. This church was vandalized for 8 days following the
occupation of Berlin. Most of the tombs of former German emperors and princes
desecrated. At the right can be seen the towering St. Mary’s Church, one of
the oldest sanctuaries in Brandenburg Provinces, and one of the mostly
lightly [sic] damaged of the Berlin churches. Provost Heinrich Grueber, who
is Protestant Counsellor in the Berlin City Government, is pastor of St.
Mary’s. Domprediger Dr. ____Doehring standing amid the ruins of the Dom,
Berlin’s Protestant Cathedral. Dr. Doehring, who is still active in German
church affairs, was the Kaisers’ pastor before World War I. During the Nazi
regime he resisted efforts of the Hitlerites to “Nazify” the Christian
Church. Services of the Dom parish are now held in a hall, as are most of
church services in Berlin.
Creator:
Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Subject names:
Berliner Dom., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Buildings., Grüber, Heinrich, 1891-1975., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Clergy--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., Theologians--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Berlin (Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356938