2025 marks the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II. The Photography Collection at Münchner Stadtmuseum is showing a selection of images depicting the wreckage left after the war had ended. It features a cycle of images of ruins by photographer Herbert List (1903–1975), who returned to Munich in 1945. Amateur photographs as well as professional postcards and photo essays complement List‘s work. Tower monitor Clemens Bergmann’s slides are especially noteworthy, capturing the heavy bombardment of Munich from the Frauenkirche church towers. They stand in contrast to List’s unique approach. He was less interested in factual documentation than in timeless artistic compositions that reference his earlier stagings of ancient Grecian ruins.