Chemnitz contemporary witnesses: Gisela Zellmeier

And I don't want my children or my grandchildren or great-grandchildren to experience that either. It's impossible to describe what it feels like. When you sit there and listen - oh, here comes another bomb. They whistle through the air. And when you can no longer hear it, it goes off.

This is where the contemporary witness lived her story:

Contemporary witness brochures

The eternal March

Titelbild der Broschüre "Der ewige März - Erinnerungen an eine Kindheit im Krieg"
Picture: Stadt Chemnitz

Memories of a childhood during the war


The last witnesses

When the old Chemnitz died in a hail of bombs