KASSEL

Kassel is located between Frankfurt and Hanover and was home to the German tank and airplane production. Kassel was the headquarters for Germany’s Wehrekis IX and a subcamp of Dachau. Prisoners in the area served as slave laborers for the Germans.

In April 3/4, 1945 the Allies removed the Germans from the town. The British bombed the area in 1943 and with the Allied bombing of the area many buildings were destroyed. Several buildings that were destroyed were never rebuilt and it was not into the 1950’s that the town was completely rebuilt.