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I Must Not Burn: The Bombing of Dresden 1945

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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The Bombing of Dresden

There is no excuse for the men who ordered this terrible event to be carried out. Long before the air raid sirens began to wail in the night, dresden was an old city, even by european standards. Its skyline was a tapestry of soaring barokue architecture, gothic towers and gently sloping cathedrals. To fully appreciate what happened at dresden, we need to understand what was actually lost that night. We need to visit dresden in its prime.

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