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With a foreword by HRH The Duke of Kent On 13 February 1945
Dresden, one of the most beautiful and historic cities of Europe,
was destroyed by British and American air raids. This book is the
first comprehensive history in the English language of this
important cultural and historical centre. The book traces the
city's evolution from 1206 to its great baroque period under
Augustus the Strong, and from the bombing to the present day. The
story of Dresden supplies the reader with unique insights into the
collapse of the old monarchic order, the resistance of citizens to
the Nazi regime, as well as the reaction of the Church and the rise
and fall of the GDR. It describes the post-war replanning of the
city, from its ideological reshaping under Communism to the
liberation of ideas and energies after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Experts in their fields tell the story of Dresden's great musical,
artistic, architectural, literary and theatrical traditions which
are further illuminated by a series of personal memoirs from
eye-witness accounts in 1945 to contemporary reflections by Lord
Menuhin and others. Heavily illustrated, this book will be relevant
to students of German history and art history or for anyone
interested in a wide-ranging introduction to the history of
Dresden.
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