Dresden 
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/7/2022
Was "Slaughterhouse Five" Vonnegut's PTSD Novel?
Is examining Kurt Vonnegut's writing through the lens of suspected posttraumatic stress disorder a worthwhile line of inquiry?
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SOURCE: NY Times
2/13/20
How Dresden Looked After a World War II Firestorm 75 Years Ago
Mourning all of the war’s victims has been central to Germany’s remembrance efforts since reunification in 1990.
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2/16/20
75 Years After the Dresden Bombings
by Sinclair McKay
History in Dresen is not an abstract academic pursuit; instead, it is palpable and passionate. It matters enormously. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the horror that made Dresden – deep in eastern Germany - a by-word for annihilation.
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SOURCE: NYT
2-13-13
Protesters in Dresden Block Neo-Nazi March on Anniversary of Deadly Allied Firebombing
Thousands of anti-fascist protesters blocked a neo-Nazi march in Dresden, Germany, on Wednesday night, on the 68th anniversary of the British and American air campaign that killed an estimated 25,000 people in 37 hours of bombing.In recent years, the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reports, anti-fascist activists “have outnumbered neo-Nazis who previously had used Dresden’s bombing anniversary to stage large ‘funeral’ marches to recall the demise of Hitler’s Third Reich.” On Wednesday, about 800 neo-Nazis were prevented from marching by thousands of police officers and counter-demonstrators, as more than 10,000 anti-fascist protesters formed a human chain in the city....
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