60 Beautiful Abandoned Places
London readers continue to browse at a bombed-out library, WWII
Source: Reddit
Are these looters or browsers? It was during the 1940 bombings of World War II that this privately-owned library (Holland House) in Kensington, London was hit by German bombs and almost totally demolished except for several of the bookcases still loaded down with books. Were these men curiously looking for valuable books to possibly resell one day or did they just have an insatiable desire to read? The Holland House library was left in a dilapidated state of neglect until 1952 when part of it was preserved.
Source: Reddit
Are these looters or browsers? It was during the 1940 bombings of World War II that this privately-owned library (Holland House) in Kensington, London was hit by German bombs and almost totally demolished except for several of the bookcases still loaded down with books. Were these men curiously looking for valuable books to possibly resell one day or did they just have an insatiable desire to read? The Holland House library was left in a dilapidated state of neglect until 1952 when part of it was preserved.
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