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Burning Place Altmarkt

After the bombardment on Dresden of 13 and 14 February 1945, the Altmarkt was one of the two locations where bodies of casualties were burned on large pyres. On this location, 6865 bodies were burned.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Fedor de Vries (1, 2, 3), Jan de Jager (4)

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