The basement of the monastery library was a public air raid shelter, and many people were seeking refuge there at the time of the attack. There were 267 people who died in the air raid, including the church pastor.Zießler, Rudolf (1978) Bezirk Erfurt in Schicksale deutscher Baudenkmale im zweiten Weltkrieg. Band 2. [volume 2], Berlin: Henschel, p. 475–477.
