Jeanne d’Arc School on fire. Maglekildevej at Frederiksberg. 21st March 1945.
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The bombing was a part of the Operation Carthage. The bombs where ment to hit the Shellhouse (Gestapo's head quarter), but one of the pilots dropped the bombs over the school because it lost control over the plane. After that the other pilots thought the school was the Shellhouse and dropped their bombs as well..86 children and 18 adults died at the school...More images from The Museum of Danish Resistance: erez.natmus.dk/FHMbilleder/Site/index.jsp ( http://erez.natmus.dk/FHMbilleder/Site/index.jsp )
WW2 Images mostly from 1940-1945, during the occupation of Denmark. The National Museum is many museums in one. It is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history and includes the Open Air Museum, the Museum of Danish Resistance, Royal Jelling and 9 other museums.
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