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I Must Not Burn: The Bombing of Dresden 1945

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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I Don't Want to Burn to Death

Some dresdeners were surprisingly lucid during this ordeal. One wounded german soldier was lying in a bed in the basement of a cellar, calmly awaiting the death he knew was inevitable. He used the time to write one last letter to his wife: These are probably the last words and thoughts i shall ever write to you.

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