Ground Photo Taken May, 1997

The vent-less morgue roof looks exactly the same as it did in 1943, although it collapsed from the force of an explosion detonated by the Soviet Army between January 27 and February 18, 1945. Inspection at the locations of marks on the 1944 air photos showed no cement patches of previous holes, as any patches would have been visible along the straight line impressions left from the original 1943 cement forms. In 1944 this was what the inside of the ventless morgue roof looked like, before being tilted and partially collapsed from the winter 1945 explosion.

Ground Photos Taken May, 1997

Collapsed cement roof with one visible hole
Left hole with bent reinforcing rods
Another view showing the jagged edges of the same hole
Right hole crudely broken through cement roof
Inside the morgue looking towards the end brick wall
Wide holes were knocked in the roof
All posts are solid, not hollow
Evidence there were no vent holes (Title Page)