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Image Title: The Catholic Church At Tobruk, 1941

Date: 1941.

Summary: Photograph shows a soldier, standing in rubble, looking through gapping holes made by bomb blast into a Catholic church; a statue of an angel holding candles can be seen inside undamaged.

Notes: Note on photograph front: The Catholic church in Tobruk although damaged is still standing. Services are held elsewhere but soldiers often call in for a few minutes during the day. A glimpse of the interior of the church through a gap caused through bombing.

Subjects: Catholic churches--Libya--Tobruk--1940-1950
War damage--Libya--Tobruk--1940-1950
World War, 1939-1945--Libya--Tobruk

Original Media: Photograph

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