Letterpress - Max Schmersow

The Max Schmersow printing works (1890–1945), formerly Zahn und Bändel, was an important printer and publisher of foreign-language books and magazines. The printing house was largely destroyed in a bombing raid on March 17, 1945. The bombs themselves fell on March 17, 1945 at 12:30 pm. 48 citizens lost their lives in the attack. The owner and eight employees of the print shop were killed. A memorial stone nearby - dedicated 10 years after the disaster - still commemorates the tragedy today.