Dresden marked the 80th anniversary of the Allied bombing of the city in World War II. The annual event carries a lot of significance to Dresdeners and Germans at large. “My grandma was ten at ...

Located in the eastern region of Germany, Dresden is an easy day trip from Prague, Berlin, Wrocław, or even Frankfurt. The Saxon city is dreamy and picturesque with historic Baroque architecture, ...

"Dresden had no defences, no anti-aircraft guns, no searchlights, nothing." Gregg was captured at Arnhem in the Netherlands in 1944. He was sent near Dresden to work in a factory, which he was ...

Eighty years ago today, on the evening of Feb 13 1945, my German grandmother stood at the attic window of her apartment, on the outskirts of Dresden, and watched the night sky light up as the RAF ...

Feb. 13 marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the allied bombing of the eastern German city of Dresden. In a series of aerial bombardments lasting until Feb. 15, 1945, the Allies dropped ...

Victor Gregg, a British prisoner of war in Dresden in 1945 who lived through the Allied bombings of the city, described the onset of the attack in the Guardian in 2013: “As the incendiaries ...

The half-ruined altarpiece of Dresden’s Three Kings church, with its gaping cracks and missing pieces, is a mesmerising memorial to the city’s darkest hour: February 13th, 1945. Exactly 80 ...