War früher schöner...😶‍🌫️

Dieser Krieg damals war so unnötig. Nur wegen dem Wahn eines Mannes! Leider wiederholt sich die Geschichte aktuell.

Die Rechnungen für den Wiederaufbau in die USA und nach Großbritannien schicken!!!!

Ich kann mir das nicht ansehen. Was am meisten schmerzt ist die Tatsache dass es viele Initiativen und Spender für historische Rekonstruktionen in Deutschland gibt aber dass die jeweilige Stadt diese Vorhaben oftmals ablehnen. Völlig unverständlich meiner Meinung nach. Es ist doch eigentlich ein Geschenk an die jeweilige Stadt. Siehe Frankfurt. Tausende stimmten für die Rekonstruktion des Schauspielhauses aber die Stadt (SPD, FDP, Volt und Grüne) haben sich dazu entschieden ein weiteren Betonklotz stattdessen zu bauen. Einfach traurig.

Es tut so gut, die Beispiele zu sehen, wo der Unterschied zwischen den Bildern behoben wurde! Aber umso mehr tut es weh, die anderen Vergleiche zu sehen😢

Wichtig ist, daß wir aus Fehlern lernen und dergleichen nicht wieder zulassen.Leider kommen mir immer mehr Zweifel ,ob Frieden und Anstand möglich sind,zuviele Menschenfeinde verdienen an Kriege,laß uns trotzdem optimistisch sein.❤❤

damals voller nazis und heute wieder - then full of nazis and today again . das ist schwer zu ertragen - that is hard to bear - für mich als einwohner - for me as a resident

Da hat der Sozialismus aber auch harte Spuren hinterlassen im Stadtbild von Dresden.

Gut aufbereitet, Dankeschön!

I’m British and I’m so ashamed of what my country did to Dresden. Whilst I know what Nazi Germany did was atrocious, there was no need to destroy those beautiful buildings

Dresden hat uns sehr gut gefallen! Hatten einen kleinen Campingplatz für unseren Bulli gleich gegenüber der Frauenkirche direkt an der Elbe!👌

I hope that they will rebuild more of the old town centre and surrounding area in the future,

The destruction was done in 3 air raids by hundreds of planes dropping thousands of bombs. In less than 24 hours. At 9:30 pm on February 13 , 1945 everything built over centuries was still there. History around every corner at every turn one could look. By the evening of February 14 everything was gone. It is true the Prussian bombardment in 1760 during the Seven Years War caused significant damage to Dresden, one of THE most beautiful Baroque cities in Europe at the time. However, what happened less than 3 months before the end of World War 2 is beyond understanding. The debate regarding this will undoubtedly never end. "Dresden was a transportation hub for the Reich so it had to be done. " ( The train station was the one landmark that got through the bombing so trains were running again within 3 days. The fires from the bombs burned for a week. ) You can go to England and walk the streets of Oxford and Cambridge, visit the Cathedrals, (Salisbury's comes to mind. ) and these treasures are still there as they were. To compare what happened to one of the most beautiful cities in the world as revenge to what happened to Coventry, there is NO comparison. Perhaps compare what happened to Rostock in 1942, (still much worse) as revenge for Coventry, but not Dresden. What happened to Dresden was a war crime of the most sickening nature because besides obliterating an acknowledged center of Western Civilization of the highest order into total ashes from end to end (even the Grosse Garden and the Zoo) it was very well known by the Allies the city was full of refugees from Silesia by the tens of thousands. These civilians thought they would be safe because places like Oxford were never bombed. Yes, what happened to Rotterdam, the Blitz, the seige of Leningrad, Warsaw, the Concentration Camps were all horrible, but so was this. So was THIS.

It’s so sad to think that, what took centuries to beautify, was destroyed in a matter of hours/days. What an atrocious tactic carpet (and fire) bombing was.

I currently live in Dresden and i have to say, in the 20th centuries Dresden looks way more beautiful than todays structures

What a beautiful city. As an American, I'm very sad for what the "worst generation" here did to it during that period. Thank you for putting together these photos so that we can remember. Hopefully, it can all be rebuilt back to the way it was, and maybe even better.

Another thought provoking piece of work by you... many thanks.

I think Dresdeners owe Kurt Vonnegut a monument. Without his "Slaughterhouse 5" about the bombing of Dresden, the destruction of that city would have been as forgotten as that of other ancient German cities (eg. Würzburg).

Even what is rebuilt now is not so perfect, it has its typos. Sadly... why simply don't build the same as it was? it is the Historic Centre!

Thanks