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Psychogeographical mapping of coincidence in Leeds and Dortmund. Drifting through superimposed narratives of two cities at once.
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Dortmund bombed.
http://www.bomber-command.info
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| 1/2 January |
| Aircraft:
141 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Zeche Hansa |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
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| 3 January |
| Aircraft:
99 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Zeche Hansa |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
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| 28 January |
| Aircraft:
115 USAAF |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Zeche Kaiserstuhl |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
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| 28 January |
| Aircraft:
58 USAAF |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Zeche Gneisenau |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
Dortmund bombed.
http://www.bomber-command.info
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| 3/4
February |
| Aircraft:
149 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Zeche Hansa |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
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| 16
February |
| Aircraft:
112 USAAF |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Zeche Kaiserstuhl |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
375 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Harpenerweg oil
refinery at Dortmund (78) and oil refineries
at Nordstern (104) and Minsterstein (112).
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Feb.45.html
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| 19
February |
| Aircraft:
74 USAAF |
Target:
Dortmund, oil plant Hoesch-Benzin GmbH |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
422 B-17s are sent to hit benzol plants at Bochum (99)
and Gelsenkirchen (36), oil refineries at Dortmund
(74) and Alm (37)
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Feb.45.html
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| 20/21
February |
| Aircraft:
528 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, town area |
| Last heavy night raid of BC against Dortmund. |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
400 RAF bombers carry out attacks against Dortmund and Rheine.
http://www.feldgrau.com/february.html
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| 26
February |
| Aircraft:
149 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, oil plant Hoesch-Benzin GmbH |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
Dortmund bombed.
http://www.bomber-command.info
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| 7
March |
| Aircraft:
24 USAAF |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Dortmund-Hörder-Hüttenverein |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
344 B-17s are dispatched to bomb the Horderverein (24) and Harpenerweg
(62) oil refineries at Dortmund.
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html
19 of 20 B-24s bomb Dortmund during the night.
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html
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| 8
March |
| Aircraft:
110 USAAF |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Zeche Gneisenau |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
526 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Robert Muser (99)
and Bruchstrasse (63) benzol plants at Langendreer, the Gneisenau benzol
plant at Dortmund (110).
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html
15 B-24s attack the marshalling yard at Dortmund during the
night.
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html
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| 10
March |
| Aircraft:
509 USAAF |
Target:
Dortmund, Verschiebebahnhöfe |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
526 B-17s are sent to hit the Sud (109), Erfeld (111) and Eving (153)
marshalling yards at Dortmund and the Soest marshalling yard (138).
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html
457 B-17s are sent to hit the Sinsen (89) and Coesfeld (38) rail
crossings and the marshalling yards at Schwerte (116) and Hagen (41); 136
hit the secondary, a marshalling yard at Dortmund.
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html
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| 12
March |
| Aircraft:
1108 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, oil plant Hoesch-Benzin GmbH |
| Largest air raid in Europe in World War II |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
RAF Bomber Command sets another new record for single target, when 4,851 tons are dropped on Dortmund.
http://www.wargamer.com/ww2timeline/1945western.asp
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| 17
March |
| Aircraft:
77 BC |
Target:
Dortmund, coking plant Zeche Gneisenau |
http://www.historisches-centrum.de/ruhr/chronic1.htm
January 1945 - 12 April 1945
In January 1945 the SS issued orders from Berlin to Duesseldorf which resulted in the mass execution of German and overseas workers, as well as political dissidents and opposition party representatives, in the closing days of World War Two.
Following the orders from Duesseldorf Gestapo officers in Dortmund rounded
up more and more people and took them to the police cells 'Steinwache'
and the Gestapo cells in the 'Benninghoferstrasse.'
In addition, forced labourers (Dutch, Belgian, French, Polish, Yugoslavian
and Russian) from all over the local government district of Arnsberg were
also brought to Dortmund.
The executions commenced from the 7th March 1945 onwards as lorries systematically
carried groups of prisoners to the fields in the Rombergpark
and the Bittermark (suburbs of Dortmund)
and Gestapo officers shot them. This continued until 12th April 1945,
when American soldiers were already in the near vicinity.
Shortly after Easter, the 150-strong Gestapo execution commando fled via
Hemer and Iserlohn for destinations all over the world. 27 of them were
brought to trial in Dortmund in 1951 and
1952. 15 of the accused were found not guilty and no-one was found guilty
of murder. However, 12 were found guilty of being accomplices to murder
and received between 2 and 6 years in prison.
Around 300 people - the exact number has never been established - were killed in the days over Easter 1945.
One of the victims was the resistance member Martha Gillessen (born 30.11.1901),
who took in a Jewish woman. She was betrayed by a comrade and arrested
by the Gestapo on 08. February 1945, along with many other resistance
members. A street in the north of Dortmund
is named after Martha Gillessen.
[Excerpt from] Urich Sander, 1945: Mass murder in Romberg Park and the Bittermark
The Gestapo in Dortmund murders 300 persons from seven different nations -forced labourers, prisoners of war and resistance fighters -. End of Second World War, Dortmund lies in ruins: 65% of the metropolitan area, 93% of the city centre destroyed.
http://www.eurotravelling.net/germany/dortmund/dortmund_history.htm
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