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BERLIN — The Allied firebombing of the eastern German city of Dresden in 1945 killed no more than 25,000 people — far fewer than scholars' previous estimates running as high as 135,000 — a ...
Victor Klemperer was an eyewitness to the Dresden bombings at the end of World War II, on February 13 and 14, 1945. advertisement. Deutsche Welle. Commemorating the legacy of the WWII bombing of ...
Dresden Marks WWII Bombing 68 Years Ago Toward the end of World War II, allied forces bombed the lightly defended city of Dresden, creating a firestorm that destroyed it and killed tens of ...
Dresden was revenge against a defeated enemy. Gaza is self-defense against an enemy that still openly calls for Israel’s ...
A quick note to Eric Lucas on “A Spiritual Journey,” [Dec. 23]. While I appreciate your obviously heartfelt if somewhat fuzzy and lightweight ponderings on forgiveness and spiritualism, I feel ...
DRESDEN, Germany — A German bomb disposal team Thursday gave the all-clear after defusing an unexploded World War II bomb that forced a mass evacuation in the city of Dresden.
German President Joachim Gauck warned Friday against a cult of victimhood over the World War II destruction of the city of Dresden 70 years ... Germany marks 70 years since Dresden’s WWII ...
The newly reopened Green Vault displays artifacts amassed by King Augustus – if not his legendary ability to snap horseshoes bare-handed.
When the Allies bombed Dresden, Germany, during World War II, much of the city was left in ruins. The Church of Our Lady -- a grand baroque building -- fell after burning. Now, 60 years later, the ...
Members of the AfD, Germany's most successful far-right party since the war, were on hand on Thursday. They set up an "info-point" on Dresden's Altmarkt Square ahead of a vigil in the evening, a ...
Up to 25,000 people died in the Allied bombing of Dresden during World War II - fewer than often estimated, an official German report has concluded. The Dresden Historians' Commission published its ...