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I Must Not Burn: The Bombing of Dresden 1945

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Victor Climperer's Diary

Dresden's population included about six thousand jewish people. By the winter of 19 forty five there were only 198 left, and victor was one of them. His marriage to his arian wife, eva had undoubtedly saved his life, but it had cost them everything else. As he wrote, i am now fighting the hardest battle for my german identity. I must hold on to it. The spirit decides, not the blood. And he decided to observe, study, record everything that happens. To morrow it'll look different.To morrow it will feel different. Sees it as it happens and feels victor kept his diary for ten long years living in d

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