Thousands of people formed a human chain in Dresden on Tuesday evening to commemorate the destruction of the eastern German city in World War II 79 years ago. People joined hands at 6 pm (1700 GMT) and stood in silence as the city's church bells rang out. Participants were remembering the victims of the allied attack on Dresden on February 13, 1945, but also the victims of German bombs in 1940 in its English twin city Coventry. The human chain, which has been a tradition on this day of remembran
Dresden beherbergt nicht nur Sehenswürdigkeiten wie den Zwinger – sondern auch Pegida. In seinem neuen Buch "Dresden wieder sehen" fasst Ingo Schulze die politischen Entwicklungen in seiner Heimat kritisch ins Auge.
world war ii large numbers of american prisoners were wilds, civilians killed by the abombs in japan, bombing of dresden. saying it used to be worse a valid defense? it s not a valid defense but it s true. it doesn t necessarily provide a satisfactory defense to the families of these individuals that were killed. it doesn t necessarily make them feel better. i m sure an awful lot of families who lost loved ones in dresden didn t feel better as a consequence saying it was justified. we are at war and the declarations are made against us and they are organizing attacks at this minute against the united states of america, both here and abroad. and, you know, that s the baseline presumption at which you ve got to begin these operations. i do think there s been a effort to reduce casualties off a drone. doesn t mean it s going to be perfect, doesn t mean you re going to have a situation with the intel on ground is 100% perfect and have these moments and the extraordinary thing is that our