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Möhne-Katastrophe: Wie heftig die Flut Essen-Steele traf

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In Booten mussten sich die Menschen in den Steeler Straßen bewegen, nachdem das Hochwasser den Essener Stadtteil erreicht hatte, hier die Hansastraße Richtung Grendplatz.

In Booten mussten sich die Menschen in den Steeler Straßen bewegen, nachdem das Hochwasser den Essener Stadtteil erreicht hatte, hier die Hansastraße Richtung Grendplatz.

Foto: Sammlung Herbert Westphalen / Steeler Archiv

Essen-Steele.  Am 17. Mai 1943 erreichte das Hochwasser Essen-Steele und Horst, nachdem Flieger die Möhnetalsperre bombardiert hatten. Einige Erinnerungen.

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In Essen-Steele überschwemmte die Flut Straßen und Plätze

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Der fünfte Luftangriff hatte auch Auswirkungen für Essen-Steele

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Am Tag nach der Katastrophe waren Auswirkungen in Essen-Steele deutlich

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