Figures & data
Table 1. Requisition of church bells with a diameter greater than 20 cm. Data for Bavaria April 1918 (in proportion of classification). Raw data after Braun (Citation1990).
Figure 1. World War I-era postcard showing the church bells of St. Martin (left) and Osternach (right), both Inn District, Austria, being farewelled en route to be melted down for the war effort (Postcard ca. 1917, Anton Hoftetter, publisher; postcard in possession of DHRS).
![Figure 1. World War I-era postcard showing the church bells of St. Martin (left) and Osternach (right), both Inn District, Austria, being farewelled en route to be melted down for the war effort (Postcard ca. 1917, Anton Hoftetter, publisher; postcard in possession of DHRS).](/cms/asset/39572418-ecfb-43e3-bb52-4c12feb782a4/yhso_a_2330337_f0001_oc.jpg)
Table 2. The removal of bells across Europe by German forces in World War II (Data source: Price Citation1948b).
Figure 2. Hamburg, Freihafen – Glocken auf einem Kai lagernd (“Glockenfriedhof)” [Bells stored on a quay “bell cemetery”]; 1947.
Source: Unknown photographer, Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2007-0705-501.
![Figure 2. Hamburg, Freihafen – Glocken auf einem Kai lagernd (“Glockenfriedhof)” [Bells stored on a quay “bell cemetery”]; 1947.Source: Unknown photographer, Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2007-0705-501.](/cms/asset/f496c06e-fb39-4f98-bfca-e7d37ce87f51/yhso_a_2330337_f0002_ob.jpg)