Was Osnabruck Germany bombed during World War 2?

Answer 1

Osnabruck or Osnabrueck, Germany, suffered heavy bombing during World War II. The city was rebuilt after the war.

In January 2009, 15,000 residents were evacuated when German bomb disposal teams had to come in and defuse two 250kg World War II bombs. Sources indicate that Osnabrueck was frequently targeted by Allied air raids.

I am half German, my Grandfather was a dentist in Osnabruck and my mother told me how the city was hit many times. Her own house was hit 3 times and everyone survived and continued to live in the ruins but, after the last heavy raid the house fell on the fourth time.

My mother told me how after being rescued from the cellars "you could see all across the city as nothing was left". My mother & grandmother fled as refugees & lived in ditches to hide from "fighter planes who shoot at us" she told me.

My grandfather continued a dental practise in the 'strasa' and help clear the rubble until the city was liberated from Nazi oppression by the allies.