In October of last year Gerhard traveled to Germany to do some research for his book, and met Constantin Beyer, grandson of a World War II-era photographer and a photographer himself.

Constantin Beyer and me in front of his front door in Weimar, Germany, taken in October during my research trip.

Constantin’s grandfather took photographs of the bombing destruction in Weimar during World War II.

Constantin has all of his grandfather’s pictures, three of which will be in the book. Constantin also took contemporary photos of those three locations during the October trip.

Photos used by permission of Constantin Beyer, www.constantinbeyer.de