Anklam was nearly completely destroyed by several bombing raids of the U.S. Air Force in 1943 and 1944 and in the last days of World War II, when the advancing Soviets burned and leveled most of the town. During the final stages of the war, in February 1945, the German-perpetrated death march of Allied POWs from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the town. After the war, Anklam became part of the East German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and after the dissolution of the province it was part of Bezirk Neubrandenburg from 1952 to 1990. The town was rebuilt in the rather uniform socialist style.
Anklam was nearly completely destroyed by several bombing raids of the US Air Force in 1943 and 1944 and in the last days of World War II when the advancing Soviets burned and leveled most of the town During the final stages of the war in February 1945 the German-perpetrated death march of Allied POWs from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the town After the war Anklam became part of the East German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and after the dissolution of the province it was part of Bezirk Neubrandenburg from 1952 to 1990 The town was rebuilt in the rather uniform socialist style