Bombing of Dresden
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In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary
Dresden after the bombing
Destruction visible from the Rathaus ('townhall') in 1945
Colourised photograph of Dresden during the 1890s with the Frauenkirche, Augustus Bridge, and Katholische Hofkirche visible
The Altstadt ('old town') in 1910 from the town hall
Slaughterhouse-Five
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Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction–infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life experiences of Billy
Bombing of Dresden
…of the bombing, Anti-Germans praised the bombing on the grounds that so many of the city's civilians had supported Nazism. Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death (1969) used some elements from his experiences as a prisoner of war at Dresden during the bombing. The death toll of 135,000 given by Vonnegut was taken…
First edition cover
A 1965 photograph of Vonnegut by Bernard Gotfryd
The Alter Schlachthof (Old Slaughterhouse) where Vonnegut sheltered from the bombing of Dresden.