16. “The Post-Bombing Houses”.
Some of the “new” houses built after the Soviet bombing of Rønne on 7 and 8 May 1945 can be seen along the south side of Kirkepladsen and in Kirkestræde and Kapelvej.
Large sections of the town were bombed and 212 houses were reduced to rubble.
The town of Nexø was also seriously damaged by the Soviet bombings.
The rebuilding project was managed by “Arkitekthjælpen” led by Willy Hansen.
The new houses fit in well with the original neighbourhood as the architects succeeded in maintaining a tightly knit urban ambience, yet with a distinct air of 1940s architecture.
Over the door of two of the houses, Kirkepladsen 14 and Kirkestræde 4, is a commemorative tile plaque with motifs from the bombings.
The tiles were made at the Søholm ceramics factory.

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