GOTTINGEN

Gottingen is located 67 miles from Hamburg and 45 miles NE of Kassle.. The Leine River runs through the area and the town was almost completely untouched by the Allies until mid-1945. The US overtakes the town on July 4, 1945.

During the time that the Allies bombed the area, the town received no real damage. It was a highly academic area prior to the war and many professors either left the area or were forced to leave the area because they were Jewish. There was a concentration camp in the area for adolescents in Moringen which was closed in 1945. Several Jews were exterminated in camps in this same basic area. The hospital in the town was used to treat German soldiers who needed medical attention.