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Open navigationClose navigationHome All the major chapters in the American story from Indigenous beginnings to the present day History from countries and communities across the globe Deutsche Fotothek/Picture Alliance/Getty Images reducing the “Florence of the Elbe” to rubble and flames A photograph shot by German WWII photographer Richard Peter shows a street cleared out after the February 13-15 In the background is a damaged high school The view from the tower of the City Hall (Rathaus) southwards over the destroyed city of Dresden with the “Bonitas” sculpture (Allegory of Goodness) The view from the Town Hall tower overlooking the destroyed city of Dresden towards the Residenzschloß (Dresden Castle) Recovering of bodies in the central city after the bombing of Dresden The city of Dresden issued a revised estimate of the number of people killed during the Dresden bombings placing the number of dead between 22,700 and 25,000 Siegfried Richter/ullstein bild/Getty Images Trümmerfrauen (translated as ruins/rubble women) loading a Trümmerbahn (a debris train) in Dresden Masses of rubble surrounded by ruins in Dresden Locals join together for the cultivation of vegetables on rubble in front of a tram station on a cleaned street in Dresden Locals work to reconstruct a bomb-damaged wall in Dresden Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty Images Among the conclusions reached at the February 1945 Yalta Conference of the Allied powers was the resolution that the Allies would engage in concerted strategic bombing raids against German cities known for war-production and manufacturing in an effort to bring the Nazi war machine to a crashing halt a medieval city renowned for its rich artistic and architectural treasures is that during the war it had never been a site of war-production or major industry Both Allies and Germans alike have argued over the real purpose of the firebombing; the ostensible “official” rationale was that Dresden was a major communications center and bombing it would hamper the German ability to convey messages to its army which was battling Soviet forces at the time disproportionate to the stated strategic goal—many believe that the attack was simply an attempt to punish the Germans and weaken their morale Among the American POWs who were in Dresden during the raid was novelist Kurt Vonnegut, who conveyed his experience in his classic antiwar novel Slaughterhouse Five. The punishing three-day Allied bombing attack, intended to force a German surrender, leveled the city and left tens of thousands dead. By: Volker Janssen Discover more of the major events, famous births, notable deaths and everything else history-making that happened on February 13th Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating Copernican theory, which holds that the Earth revolves around the Sun. 1689 Following Britain’s bloodless Glorious Revolution, Mary, the daughter of the deposed king, and William of Orange, her husband, are proclaimed joint sovereigns of Great Britain under Britain’s new Bill of Rights. William, a Dutch prince, married Mary, the daughter of the future King James II, in 1677. After James’ succession to the English throne in […] On February 13, 1778, two future presidents of the United States, John Adams and his son, 10-year-old John Quincy Adams, sit in Marblehead Harbor, off the coast of Massachusetts, on board the frigate, Boston, which is to take them to France, where John Adams will replace Silas Deane in Congress’ commission to negotiate a treaty […] The earliest military action to be awarded a Medal of Honor is performed by Colonel Bernard J.D. Irwin, an assistant army surgeon serving in the first major U.S.-Apache conflict. Near Apache Pass, in southeastern Arizona, Irwin, an Irish-born doctor, volunteered to go to the rescue of Second Lieutenant George N. Bascom, who was trapped with […] On February 13, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a speech to the New York City Republican Club. Roosevelt had just won reelection, and in this speech, he discussed the country’s current state of race relations and his plan for improving them. In 1905, many white Americans’ attitude of superiority to other races still lingered. Much […] On February 13, 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is founded to help music creators make a living from their work. “If music did not pay, it would be given up.” So wrote Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in a landmark Supreme Court decision in 1917. Holmes wasn’t referring to musicians […] The League of Nations, the international organization formed at the peace conference at Versailles in the wake of World War I, recognizes the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland on February 13, 1920. Switzerland was a loose confederation of German-, French-, and Italian-speaking communities until 1798, when the French, under Napoleon Bonaparte, conquered and unified the country […] On February 13, 1923, the New York Renaissance, the first all-Black professional basketball team, is organized. The Renaissance, commonly called the Rens, become one of the dominant teams of the 1920s and 1930s. The team’s founder was Robert L. Douglas, whose primary objective was to give New York City’s male, Black athletes opportunities to better themselves. In […] President Lyndon B. Johnson decides to undertake the sustained bombing of North Vietnam that he and his advisers have been contemplating for a year. Called Operation Rolling Thunder, the bombing campaign was designed to interdict North Vietnamese transportation routes in the southern part of North Vietnam and slow infiltration of personnel and supplies into South […] A 21-year-old woman named Mary accepts a ride from a man in the ski town of Breckenridge, Colorado, and is raped and severely beaten with a claw hammer. The attacker, Tom Luther, was traced through his truck and apprehended. Luther told a psychiatrist that Mary reminded him of his mother. 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But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate Uncover fascinating moments from the past every day Learn something new with key events in history from the American Revolution to pop culture you agree to receive emails from HISTORY and A+E Global Media You must be 16 years or older and a resident of the United States lay in ruins in 1945 (Credit: Getty Images)Eighty years after the end of World War Two blasted trees and rubble forests tell a hidden story of wartime bombardment and Nazi terror led a group of apprentices through the abandoned plots of bombed houses in post-war Dresden Their quest: to find tree saplings for planting along the city's streets Dresden was still ravaged by the firebombing in February 1945 that killed tens of thousands of civilians "We searched the ruins of buildings with gardens for saplings and found lots of them – linden trees and planted the best ones along the streets," recalls Schröder Saplings were hard to find as so many trees in public parks had been destroyed and had to be replaced with stock from nurseries outside of the bombed city It was when those nurseries ran out that Schröder and his friends resorted to the abandoned gardens – where many saplings had sprung up as the plots were left untended There were enough young trees for some to be taken and replanted along the streets to cheer up the public some of those rubble-sourced street trees planted by Schröder and his team still stand for example along the Krenkelstraße street in Dresden like that of Dresden's botanical garden and the adjacent Großer Garten (Great Garden) park a lush green area holds a dark story from the intensifying Nazi terror to the war and its aftermath – giving insights into nature's surprising role as a witness and archive of human history Repeated across parks and botanical gardens all over Germany the ban was one of many Nazi measures against Jews in the run-up to the Holocaust Klemperer explained in his diary that the park ban was especially powerful as Jews already had almost nowhere to go in 1940s Germany: the Klemperers and others had been excluded from jobs removed from their homes and put into communal housing with other Jews bought flowerpots for their balcony to at least have the comfort of some greenery as they nervously observed the increasing arrests and deportations of their friends and neighbours Individual cities took the initiative of banning Jews from benches and parks "The Nazi dictatorship relied on the voluntary support of many Germans in order to function," Wolschke-Bulmahn writes He also points out that this aspect of the Nazi era is generally omitted from official histories of these parks Two archived letters from Dresden's botanical garden illustrate how meticulously the bans were pursued "It has been observed that Jews are using the botanical garden," a Nazi party official wrote to the garden's director in 1941 demanding that this be stopped and a sign put up with a ban saying Jews had now been banned from the garden even as others around them were deported to the death camps When the Allied firebombing of Dresden began on 13 February 1945 Eva removed Victor's yellow star from his coat with a pocketknife and they fled the city and hid until Germany surrendered "Forests grow everywhere, including in the city. And on this cemetery, a forest has been growing since the post-war era," says Kowarik. While parts of the cemetery have been restored "Some of the graves were restored along with the woodland around them because this woodland is a reminder of the Holocaust," he says Dresden's botanical garden offered a place of respite during his wartime childhood his father was briefly home from the war and took 10-year-old Rudolf on a visit there which was special in that wartime winter," he recalls when the Allied bombs began to hit Dresden the city's public gardens initially seemed to offer safety "Our mother decided that it would be safest in the Great Garden.. We sat huddled together under a big oak in the park.. we watched the houses burn," wrote a survivor of the bombing who was eight years old at the time and whose father worked in the botanical garden shattering the palm house and leaving craters in the park But his father never returned from the war the Great Garden was turned into vegetable plots he trained as a gardener and helped clear and replant the Great Garden "One day we were standing around an oak that was almost completely blasted by a bomb shall we cut it down?" he says of those post-war years "But then we walked around to its other side and we saw that on that side but it still has so much vitality," says Schröder the tree is preserved in the Great Garden as a monument Schröder later became the director of the botanical garden and continues to visit it now that he is retired Joe McBride, a professor emeritus of landscape architecture and environmental planning at University of California, Berkeley, interviewed Schröder and other gardeners, arborists and botanists in war-torn cities around the world, to study the reconstruction of urban forests destroyed by conflict "I found people like that all over the world, in Dresden, in Hiroshima in spite of the fact that their cities were in ruins they really had dedicated themselves to planting these trees," he says Often these people had been professional arborists before the war "but private citizens also made an effort to plant to replant the environment they had grown up in as children" One pattern McBride found across these destroyed cities was that trees provided the survivors with hope "People needed to recover psychologically as well as physically they wanted that apple tree in their backyard and that linden tree in front of their house – to leave the war behind them and have nothing remind them of the horrors," he says of Dresden and Hamburg two bombed German cities he studied together with Judith Stilgenbauer of the University of Hawaii you do still see war damage on individual trees there are old oaks in Tiergarten with partly destroyed crowns and other injuries It's an analogy to the famous bullet holes you still see in facades in Berlin," says the Technical University Berlin's Kowarik who has studied the city's ecosystems for decades much more obvious impact of the war on Berlin's ecosystem is the destruction of wide parts of the inner city the so-called 'dead eye' of Berlin where more than half of the buildings were destroyed," he says In other German cities, such wasteland was quickly rebuilt, but in Berlin, the division – which left West Berlin as an island within the East, with a wall around it – stalled such development, Kowarik points out. In the 1970s, long after the end of the war, urban ecologists documented the plants growing in those wastelands "It was the beginning of an accidental large-scale experiment: the return of nature to areas that had been completely reshaped by humans," he says There are old pictures of Potsdamer Platz [a central iconic square in Berlin] when it was empty and it's almost entirely covered by this plant," he says that plant has again become very rare." he adds that it sometimes still germinates when the ground is disturbed during building works: "It emerges from the seed stored in the soil like a greeting from the post-war vegetation." referring to these plants as Trümmervegetation those pioneer plants were then overtaken by shrubs and trees a pattern of ecological succession seen both inside and outside of cities "You see this succession in a lot of places in Berlin," he says, culminating in urban wild forest. In one area, the Schöneberger Südgelände such a wild forest has been preserved for the public as a nature reserve with accessible paths and artworks he says: "You have to show people that these wild forests are something special that has to do with the history of the city." In some green spaces in Berlin, military relics from the Nazi era, such as bunkers and anti-aircraft towers (known as flak towers), remain and have become refuges for species such as bats Other cities hastily covered up all traces of the war. In Hamburg, planners hoped that newly created green spaces such as the Alsterpark would help the city return to normal life a doctoral researcher at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History "What you see very clearly with Hamburg [in the first decades after World War Two] is this idea of just skipping the Nazi era," she says 'the Nazi era was a misfortune that we slid into and a portal to the world'." 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Local residents and Chatham-Kent council fought hard to have a full environmental review be required for a proposed massive landfill and recycling project on the edge of Dresden a sucker punch from the provincial government last month with the introduction of legislation to revoke this requirement means the fight is back on and the municipality and residents are ready for Round 2 Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act aimed at improving capacity in the wake of U.S Part of the proposed legislation is relevant to plans for expanding a long dormant dump site at 2983 Irish School Rd. located less than a kilometre from Dresden It specifically references revoking Ontario Regulation 284/24 that would remove environmental assessment (EA) requirements for the proposal to resume landfill operations and expand waste handling processing and transfer operations at the Dresden site Council unanimously supported a motion by North Kent Coun Rhonda Jubenville at a recent council meeting to inform the province that both the municipal government and citizens remain united in opposing legislation to revoke the EA requirement on the site that was approved by Ontario environment minister Andrea Khanjin York1 Environmental Waste Solutions applied last year to create an eight-hectare landfill for 1.62 million cubic metres of waste capacity on a 35-hectare site with a maximum fill rate of 365,000 tonnes a year By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of Headline News will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? 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The proposal also included developing a regenerative recycling facility at the same Irish School Road site to accept as much as 6,000 tonnes a day of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste and 30,000 tonnes of unprocessed soils The plan also includes operating the site around the clock with an estimated 700 trucks coming to the site daily The company initially sought the make these massive changes through an amendment to an existing environmental compliance approval that was granted to the site decades ago to operate on a much smaller scale Concerns also were raised in March by citizen group Dresden CARED (Citizens Against Reckless Environmental Disposal about York1 selling a large portion of the former landfill to Whitestone Fields Ltd said having an EA required for the project “was a huge win of what the property owners would have to prove Bill 5 would reverse the win requiring the EA but Taylor told council the legislation “would clarify and provide that this property is not subject to any of the requirement under the Environmental Assessment Act.” a local advocate who has fought the project said in a deputation to council Monday that removing the EA requirement “on a project of this scale roads and overall well-being is unacceptable.” Noting local residents are ready to continue the fight and to work with the municipality Vercauteren said this is not just a Dresden issue “It’s a Chatham-Kent issue and it deserves a strong Taylor said the municipality has rehired legal and engineering experts who helped in the original fight to get the EA applied to the project He added the plan is to have these experts at Monday’s public meeting to update residents Chief administrative officer Michael Duben said he and Mayor Darrin Canniff have met with the Walpole Island First Nation leadership, who are against this project. “They have expressed a desire to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the municipality,” Duben said. Walpole Island council recently issued a social media statement that it “stands strong” against Bill 5 and having the EA revoked for the Dresden landfill project. Noting an EA usually takes six to seven years and allows for proper environmental review, public engagement and Indigenous consultation, the band council said, “Instead, the province is pushing to replace it with a fast-tracked, one-year, ‘EA Lite’ process. “This shortcut ignores the complexity and long-term risks of the proposed landfill, including the threat of leachate contamination near sensitive aquifers, and fails to respect our inherent and treaty rights with responsibilities as caretakers of our lands and territories since time immemorial,” the statement added. Council also approved in Jubenville’s motion that the CAO be allowed to spend up to $50,000 from the municipality’s strategic reserve fund “on any necessary steps to oppose this landfill and waste processing proposal.” transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed A damaged and failing bridge briefly shut down inland shipping on the Elbe at Dresden last weekend the second time in five months that barge traffic has been halted by the risk of falling concrete and steel.  two spans of the Carola Bridge collapsed. A light-rail train had just gone by and no one was injured in the collapse. The bridge was one of four main crossings of the Elbe in downtown Dresden and the loss of the span has been disruptive for businesses - and for shipping interests which use the Elbe to access upriver regions as far as the Czech Republic (when water levels allow).  The bridge was built under Communist rule in 1967-71 It had been inspected properly and passed all routine exams the head of the city's engineering office "We were all very surprised," she told German media A post-accident study by the Institute of Concrete Structures at TU Dresden determined that the collapse was caused by hydrogen-induced stress corrosion of the bridge's steel components This form of corrosion is nearly impossible to detect with conventional methods as it affects steel elements that are hidden from view.   The waterway was shut for four months for demolition and removal a task made more challenging by the discovery of WWII-era bombs at the demolition site (common for Dresden which was bombed heavily by Allied forces) Later testing revealed that the cause was hydrogen-induced stress corrosion.  The surviving bridge spans have similar corrosion problems and the surviving bridge spans will have to be completely demolished and rebuilt To ensure safety of navigation in the interim the city has installed acoustic monitoring systems.  another prestressed steel component broke in the still-standing section of the bridge prompting another temporary navigation shutdown it exerts stress on the surviving steel cables and raises the risk of another critical failure bridge engineer Steffen Marx of TU Dresden told local media The city has hired a contractor to complete the demolition of the rest of the bridge on an expedited basis in hopes of finishing the job by the end of 2025.  ships are free to pass through during a limited two-hour slot from 0900 through 1100 hours each day and only necessary crew may be on board during the transit.  We use cookies to ensure our website works properly, and to collect statistics to provide you with the best experience. 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Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. the curator in charge of Dutch and German Baroque painting at the Bavarian State Painting Collections since 2013 has been named the new director general of the Dresden State Art Collections who is leaving to run Berlin’s state museums Ebert has worked at museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York the National Gallery of South Africa and the Berlin Gemäldegalerie he was also responsible for the state galleries in Bayreuth and Bamberg He began his career in Dresden as a clerk at Deutsche Bank “He is an excellent art historian with an international reputation as a scholar,” Neil McGregor a former director of the British Museum and a member of the finding committee said in a statement issued by the state of Saxony financial and administrative abilities and has direct experience in handling the intellectual practical and political complexities of a large encyclopaedic collection like Dresden’s.” Ebert said his goals in Dresden include boosting research and communications at the 15 museums he will oversee “Other priorities are to widen offerings to a broad public and increase the quality of visits to Dresden’s institutions,” he said the director general of the Bavarian State Painting Collections said he regretted the loss of “a dedicated colleague” whose “work has gained recognition far beyond the borders of Germany.” The exhibitions Ebert has curated in Munich include Rachel Ruysch The show of the 17th- and 18th-century Dutch still-life painter moves on to Boston and Toledo this year Ackermann succeeds Hermann Parzinger as president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation on 1 June news21 April 2016Marion Ackermann named new general director of Dresden State Art CollectionsShe replaces Hartwig Fischer who took up his post as director of the British Museum this month news8 July 2024Marion Ackermann appointed first woman to run Berlin state museums Ackermann is to take up the post in June 2025 after nine years managing Dresden’s state art collections galleries and gardens: here's how to make the most of a short break in this German city Before its destruction in the Second World War Dresden was so famed for its beautiful baroque architecture that it was known as 'Florence on the Elbe'.Photograph by Christian KerberByDaniel StablesPhotographs byChristian KerberApril 20 2025This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK).Dresden's mural-adorned courtyards modern artworks and yellow trams combine to make it an enigmatic city break destination The Saxon capital offers laidback restaurants riverside cafes and buzzing nightlife districts all set in the shadows of its stately baroque buildings Beat the crowds and tick off one of Dresden’s biggest draws early, admiring the colonnaded courtyards, galleries and gardens of the Zwinger Palace a masterpiece of baroque architecture built in the early 1700s by the Saxon ruler Augustus the Strong admiring the rebuilt Semperoper and Dresden Cathedral then pop into Opera for a coffee and a hearty breakfast — the French toast is particularly good Make the short walk to the Old Town’s Fürstenzug mural, the world’s largest porcelain artwork, then step inside the Frauenkirche the latest symbol of Dresden’s architectural renewal was destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt in 2005 It now stands as a pristine example of baroque architecture Its gilded altar and pipe organ are impressive; there are organ demonstrations daily where East German comfort dishes like sossklopse (veal meatballs in caper sauce) are served within the Royal Palace Take a 20-minute stroll west of the Old Town, or jump on one of Dresden’s yellow trams, to reach Kraftwerk Mitte a cultural complex housed in a former power station this looming red-brick structure provided energy to the city before falling into disuse — other than as a venue for illegal techno parties in the 1990s Continue your exploration of the vast Kraftwerk Mitte site with a matinee performance at Staatsoperette Dresden, which stages operettas and musicals. Then, head next door to the Puppentheatersammlung which houses a range of puppets from across the world including Saxony’s long-standing puppet theatre tradition fashion and satire were disseminated among ordinary people in Saxon towns and villages; the Puppentheatersammlung tells this story while staging topical puppet plays of its own Neustadt lies north of the Elbe River, a 20-minute walk or a short tram hop from Kraftwerk Mitte. This is Dresden’s buzzing nightlife district and, despite the name, it’s pretty old, much of it dating from the period after a fire ravaged the area in 1685. Modernity intrudes in striking ways, and nowhere more so than at the Museum of Military History whose grand 1870s facade is ruptured by a steel-and-glass shard — a symbol of the fracturing nature of warfare Traditional regional dishes like venison goulash are complemented with Japanese soba bowls at the Neustadt restaurant, Villandry.Photograph by Christian Kerber8pm: Dinner at VillandryOne of Neustadt’s finest restaurants is hip but can include beef tongue with cornbread Traditional regional dishes like these are complemented by those from further afield like Japanese soba bowls; the common theme that runs through the menu is a richness and heartiness perfect for warming up with on those often chilly east German evenings There’s also a fantastic range of Saxon beers ZANESVILLE-The City of Zanesville is alerting motorists of an upcoming road closure Officials said that Dresden Road will be closed on weekdays between Glendale Avenue and Englewood Avenue from Thursday May 2nd to allow for water main replacement © 2025 WHIZ – Fox 5 / Marquee Broadcasting ZANESVILLE–The City of Zanesville is alerting motorists of an upcoming road closure Dresden Road will be closed on weekdays between Maple Avenue and Glendale Avenue from Friday March 28th to allow for water main replacement Ohio – As nature blossoms into spring also comes the sprouting of ODOT’s orange barrels.  Ohio Department of Transportation District 5 Public Information Officer Chas Cosgrave talked about a road construction project that will affect downtown Dresden “So this construction season we’ll be kicking off the full depth replacement of State Route 208,” Cosgrave said “That project also includes the replacement of three structures along 208 It runs from State Route 60 in Dresden to Adamsville along the route So this construction season there will be intermittent closures while we replace those box culverts We’re currently still working on establishing a timeline that really allows us to minimize those closures and kind of minimize the disruption to the public.” The 2025-2026 construction project will finish with the road bed replacement which digs several feet under the asphalt to build a better base that will last for years into the future “So this will be a full depth reconstruction of State Route 208,” Cosgrave said “Which means we will take it down to the soil and essentially rebuild the roadway It’s all part of our mission to provide the best in class transportation system And we want to make sure the people in our communities have that and we’re fulfilling that mission to them.” In addition to the roadbed and culvert replacements sections of new guard rail will be installed along the route for improved safety ODOT estimates the $9.64 Million dollar project to be finished by the end of 2026.  The Lincoln County News Serving Maine and Lincoln County for over 140 years the new principal of Dresden Elementary School where she served as principal for six years A little over a week into her new role as the principal at Dresden Elementary School Peter said she is busy getting to know the school so I’ve been learning staff member’s names learning how Dresden Elementary does school,” said St Peter officially joined the Dresden Elementary School team closing the book on a nearly three-decade chapter of her career Peter worked in the RSU 18 school district Her background includes working as the principal at James H which she took on in 2018 after teaching at the school since 1996 Before taking on the role of principal in Dresden Peter taught second grade at China Primary School for the last couple of months She said she shifted to working in the classroom again because she feels it’s important for administrators to have a “fresh perspective” of what teachers are asked to do on a daily basis Peter is Dresden Elementary School’s third principal in about a year who was principal from August through December 2024 Gray resigned to return to his previous position of assistant principal at Edward Little High School in Auburn His resignation was announced by the RSU 2 Board of Directors during its meeting on Jan who was principal for the 2023-2024 academic year before resigning in mid-August 2024 to take on the role of assistant principal at Wentworth School in Scarborough RSU 2 Superintendent Rick Amero announced via the school district’s website on Feb Peter would take on the role at Dresden Elementary School Peter said she was eager when she saw the job opening as she had missed being in an administrative role Taking on the role has been a slight learning curve as the size of the school and its individual class sizes are smaller than what she experienced at James H she said the small community at Dresden Elementary School is helpful when it comes to building strong relationships “I think that having smaller class sizes is beneficial I think it allows for the teacher to get to know the students better … And I also think it’s good for the students because they get to know the teacher on a deeper level they know the staff on a deeper level,” she said “I think that really helps with relationships is to form positive and trusting relationships with staff Peter said school was always a positive experience for her growing up and she naturally pursued and made a career in education “I tease my family (and) they tease me with the fact that if I could go to school forever Peter attended Plymouth State University in New Hampshire where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and teaching she received a Master of Education degree in elementary education and teaching from the University of Maine She also has an administrative certificate in school administration from the University of Maine at Farmington While she has experience teaching from elementary to postgraduate students Peter said her favorite group to teach is elementary-aged children Everything to them is interesting,” she said and I really want to make their school experience a positive one like mine was growing up.” Peter said her goal for the remainder of the school year is to focus on getting to know her new school community how can we collaborate to attack those challenges and make them less and I truly feel that if I take care of the staff then the staff will be better able to achieve those goals with our students,” she said Peter said she enjoys spending time with her family To contact St. Peter, call Dresden Elementary School at 737-2559 or email estpeter@kidsrsu.org To stay informed on local happenings, sign up for our newsletter! and goings-on in Lincoln County with our twice-weekly email newsletter ZANESVILLE ‒ A Dresden startup founded in 2019 is pushing the boundaries of cutting-edge basket technology as it continues growing going into 2025 a basket boutique and home accessory business hope to continue its 2024 momentum after introducing two innovative techniques and unlocking one-of-a-kind designs we've really hit an amazing stride in terms of basket innovation and we've really embraced some new technology to help us do that such as 3D printers that we use to design and manufacture our baskets," said Michael Kennedy "We also started using new materials in weaving some of our baskets We've really kind of tested our boundaries and stretched them." The new proprietary seasonal designs use 3D-printed molds and metal wiring to craft more complex baskets with multiple axes "Nobody's really doing anything like this," Kennedy said they're continuing to look for new materials Dresden & Company experienced a lot of trial and error as it devised ways to make modern forms that could still be removed after a basket was weaved around them "We call it a fall-apart form," explained Andy Wolfe Dresden & Company's director of product development and manufacturing "I'll carve it out of foam first," Wolfe explained "We'll weave around the rigid foam so we can see what it looks like and then start to make adjustments and we'll take what we think we know is the right thing to do and all the pieces are left inside the basket," Wolfe noted "We have really evolved and elevated the design process of basket-making," Kennedy added that's really given us a ton of new opportunities it can act as either a decorative statue upright or be flipped upside down and used to hold items we've really skyrocketed and are just doing some amazing basket design We are working on some new initiatives for (2025)," Kennedy teased They're coming up with new ideas every day And the broader our network is more the ideas we get." Kennedy confirmed new seasonal baskets for 2025 along with the return of popular designs from 2024 So we've got a lot of really exciting baskets planned for this year," he said "A creative director generally lives their job 24 hours a day so I'm constantly watching and trying to connect dots in terms of what I see." He's already started looking at Christmas 2025 trends American-made baskets are Dresden & Company's flagship product "We have a couple of different categories of baskets," Kennedy said "We do have our everyday line of designs that are just good utilitarian baskets that you can take to the market that you can store things in your kitchen." More: Joy and Brad Ryan's adventures are full of life lessons and a 'beautiful decade of living' the company has also been developing kitchen accessories and a gourmet food line that includes mustards "We also believe that all the things that you live with around your home including the baskets and all the accessories really help make a statement and kind of define us," he added Dresden & Company employs around 33 workers "We're really just kind of building off of historically what works well for us bringing innovation wherever we can and really aligning ourselves with national trends and being super competitive in the marketplace," Kennedy said Dresden & Company opened around a year after Longaberger Baskets announced its closure seven years ago Longaberger attempted to reinvigorate interest by returning to its roots in Dresden in 2017 Dresden has a long history and tradition of basketmaking Longaberger started an apprenticeship with The Dresden Basket Factory in 1919 and later purchased the building after it shut down during the Great Depression It eventually led to the founding of J.W.'s Handwoven Baskets in 1973 by Longaberger's son It moved out of Dresden in 1999 as sales peaked in 2000 but the late-2000s recession and changing trends in interior designs slouched sales until the company ceased operations on May 4 Many experienced basket weavers, around 20 at the start, were brought back into the industry when Dresden & Company opened Where to buyDresden & Company products can be purchased on their website (dresdenandcompany.com). It also has numerous brochures and mini-catalogs where seasonal items can be seen. The show room also acts as a storefront Shawn Digity is a reporter for the Zanesville Times Recorder. He can be emailed at sdigity@gannett.com or found on X at @ShawnDigityZTR Zanesville,OH- The City of Zanesville has announced a closure for Dresden Road City Engineer Chip Saunders said the roadway will be closed weekdays between Maple and Yale Avenues from Thursday April 11 to allow for water main replacement Officials said local access will be maintained and detours will be posted use caution around the work zone and utilize alternate routes Zanesville,OH- The City of Zanesville has announced a portion of Dresden Road will be closed to traffic The City’s Engineer said the road will close between Glendale Avenue and Englewood Avenues from Monday April 25 to allow for water main replacement OH- The Village of Dresden is mourning the loss of their mayor 62-year-old Gregory Morrison passed away Monday owning and operating many businesses in the village over the years He most recently was behind the counter at the Dresden Tavern which he opened in 2017 Those that knew Morrison said the mayor had a huge heart was giving and always making sure his family and friends were taken of In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Animal Shelter Society Family and friends may visit from 2-4pm and 6-8pm Monday at the Dresden Chapel of Vensil and Chute Funeral Home Funeral services will be held at 11am Tuesday Morrison will be laid to rest at Dresden Cemetery Dresden, Germany — Two people died and one was injured after a fire broke out on the 11th floor of a high-rise building in the eastern German city of Dresden fire services spokesman Michael Klahre said on Saturday the fire brigade rescued three people and resuscitated them an 87-year-old woman and an 87-year-old man died in hospital The third person was a 78-year-old woman who was injured by falling debris.  The fire broke out around midday in the Johannstadt district near the Elbe river The entire 15-storey building was evacuated and Klahre called the fire services operation "extremely dramatic." While firefighters fought the flames from outside emergency responders searched the building for anyone stuck inside The flat of the two who died was engulfed in flames and filled with thick smoke with some 80 emergency responders deployed to the scene Some 40 people were evacuated from the building and temporarily sheltered in a public transport bus Residents on the first nine floors have since been allowed to return to their flats after the building was cleared of toxic smoke using ventilation equipment ©2025 dpa GmbH. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Partially collapsed Carola Bridge in Dresden Additional sections of a bridge across the Elbe River in the East German town of Dresden collapsed over the weekend again prompting a 72 hour halt to shipping constructed by the former East German state in 1971 A sign of the aging infrastructure across thousands of rail and road bridges in the country The original collapse had occurred along a length of 100 meters over the central span. A light rail train had just completed a crossing when the concrete gave way shortly before 3am Over the weekend additional steel elements collapsed The shipping channel had reopened a month earlier after a four-months closure Since the end of January vessels had been allowed to pass under the still standing sections of the bridge single file with prior authorization The Elbe is a major Central European waterway traversing the Czech Republic and much of eastern and northern Germany. The country’s largest deepwater port, Hamburg is situated along its shores from where it enters the North Sea around 60 nautical miles further north If no additional fractures or movement in the concrete elements are observed during the next 72 hours authorities plan to allow controlled access under the bridge again Removal work on the collapsed and still standing sections is slated to begin in the coming weeks to be completed by the end of the year Sign up for gCaptain’s newsletter and never miss an update and updates delivered daily straight to your inbox A Swedish probe found no conclusive evidence to suggest that a Chinese ship had deliberately dragged its anchor to damage two Baltic Sea cables Sweden's Accident Investigation Authority said on Tuesday though a separate investigation remains under way The Estonian navy detained and boarded a Russia-bound oil tanker on an EU sanctions list on Friday accusing it of sailing illegally without a valid country flag has sunk off the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada with 45 people on board The incident occurred around 1,000 meters offshore during an hour-long.. Subscribe to gCaptain Daily and stay informed with the latest global maritime and offshore news Stay informed with the latest maritime and offshore news For general inquiries and to contact us,please email: [email protected] To submit a story idea or contact our editors, please email: [email protected] For advertising opportunities contactEmail: [email protected]Phone: +1.805.704.2536 Essential news coupled with the finest maritime content sourced from across the globe Two years ago, my husband and I (along with our two cats) made the big move from Massachusetts to Berlin for a work opportunity We were excited to live in a capital city for the first time as we'd always resided in the suburbs around Boston we left Berlin and moved about two hours south to Dresden It's been one of the best decisions we've made since arriving in Germany Here are a few things that pushed out of Berlin plus a few ways Dresden really won us over Berlin is known to be fairly affordable especially compared with other European capitals like Paris or Amsterdam Many projects to build more housing have been placed on hold as renters struggle to find apartments — the German capital had a vacancy rate of less than 1% as of 2023 We've had far better luck finding a place to live in Dresden, probably because it's a smaller city. Rental prices have also been more affordable for us Berlin is one of the most visited cities in Europe popular areas like Alexanderplatz and Museum Island appeared to be constantly bustling with tourists and trams along with delays for regular commuters like us In comparison, Dresden draws millions fewer visitors a year. We still get some tourists (particularly for its Christmas markets) but at a smaller volume we can walk to most places and avoid crowded public transit and traffic congestion As nature lovers, we appreciate the green spaces and large parks in Berlin but they don't compare to what we have in Dresden More than half of our city is covered in green spaces and forests we're only about an hour from the gorgeous Saxon Switzerland (Saxony) National Park — a trip there could take about three hours from Berlin We also have access to paved paths along the river for biking, plus many beautiful hiking trails The city holds its own when it comes to architectural ambiance While Berlin has many impressive landmarks Dresden is also renowned for its architecture and cultural monuments like Zwinger Palace and the Saxon State Opera We especially enjoy walking through its Old City to admire the intricate and opulent buildings with lavish sculptures and terraced gardens Berlin's nightlife is legendary and filled with variety especially compared with what you might find in Dresden Its techno clubs like Berghain and Sisyphos draw in international crowds with their parties and long opening hours — some go entire weekends without closing so we prefer Dresden's laid-back bars and slightly quieter nightlife scene and many of the ones we have feel more intimate Dresden has been more affordable than Berlin and our access to nature and stunning architecture has blown us away and we're happier living in such a beautiful city DRESDEN–The Village of Dresden has announced it will be flushing hydrants next week The dates are Wednesday April 16th through Friday 18th during the hours of 8:30am – 3:00pm Dresden Select Board member Gary Getchell has resigned Getchell’s letter of resignation was submitted to the board on Oct according to Town Administrator Nicole Rogers who was elected to the board for a three-year term during the town’s municipal election in June said the choice to resign was a hard one to make Getchell and his wife will soon be traveling to Georgia to help their son care for their daughter-in-law “We have made the decision that soon it may be  time to leave Dresden for a while … Being 1,200 miles away makes it hard to truly help what he and his wife are going through,” Getchell said in an email correspondence on Friday but it has been family needs over town issues.” Dresden Select Board Chair Don Gleason said he was saddened to learn that Getchell was resigning “No one should have to go through this with a younger family member,” Gleason said Nomination papers are available at the town office Rogers said a date for a special election has not been set yet so there is currently no deadline for when nomination papers need to be returned The elected candidate will serve the remainder of Getchell’s term The next meeting of the Dresden Select Board is at 10 a.m It has been 80 years since one of the most controversial bombing missions of the Second World War that saw British and American bombers virtually level the undefended German city of Dresden Remembered by many Germans as Die Mordnacht von Dresden – The Murder Night in Dresden – the attack was controversial for its timing as it happened so close to the end of the war The controversy also stems from the fact Dresden wasn't considered important to wartime production or a major industrial centre.  Dresden's contribution to the war effort was considered minimal.  the National Archives hold 'Dresden Target Files' that show targets as being railway stations armament factories – one being an alleged poison gas factory – airfield and radar facilities.  Prime Minister Winston Churchill describes Dresden as "a centre of communications for Germany's Eastern Front".  Churchill refers to a telegram that General Eisenhower sent to Joseph Stalin on 28 March 1945.  Eisenhower stated that after isolating the Ruhr he planned to make his main advance along the Erfurt-Leipzig-Dresden axis.  This strategy aimed to connect with the Russians and effectively divide the remaining German forces.  those who survived the bombing attack saw it as a barbaric indiscriminate act that carelessly killed 25,000 innocent civilians so close to the end of the war.  created a firestorm so large it sucked oxygen from the air suffocating people desperately trying to escape the flames.  Describing the horrors faced by the civilian population one Dresden resident wrote: "After the first attack this great city was burning in an area 7km long and 4km wide.  "The second attack began two-and-one-half hours later.  "Thirty-five minutes long the earth trembled under the impact of numberless bombs and 10 hours later the third attack followed in daylight in undiminished intensity on the last suburbs of Dresden not yet burned."  more than 1,200 Allied bombers of the Royal Air Force and the US's Eighth Air Force launched four aerial attacks against Dresden.  In the book Der Tod Von Dresden – The Death of Dresden – by Axel Rodenberger the author writes: "The clock of the Church of Our Lady showed 10.09 o'clock.  a large-scale aerial attack designed to force a surrender had begun and was about to obliterate 13 sq miles of the city once nicknamed Florence on the Elbe for its beauty and was well known for its historical and cultural significance.  It was also filled with German refugees fleeing the Soviet advance and desperately seeking shelter.  A United States Air Forces in Europe report on the Dresden bombing describes the city as welcoming thousands of displaced civilians before the bombings.  It said: "Unending streams of refugees poured into Dresden by day and by night Dresden sheltered 700,000 refugees according to German estimates in addition to its normal population of over 600,000 residents."  Bomber Command's campaign diary from February 1945 notes that 796 Lancasters and nine Mosquitos dropped 1,478 tonnes of high explosive and 1,182 tonnes of incendiary bombs.  used low-level marking methods and was considered "only moderately successful".  Three hours later an all-Lancaster attack by aircraft of Nos 1 with No 8 Group providing standard Pathfinder marking saw 529 Lancasters drop more than 1,800 tonnes of bombs with "great accuracy".  The diary says: "Much has been written about the fearful effects of this raid.  similar to the one experienced in Hamburg in July 1943 was created and large areas of the city were burnt out." 311 American B-17s dropped 771 tonnes of bombs on Dresden in an attempt to attack the railway yards The campaign diary then says: "The Americans bombed Dresden again on the 15th and on 2 March but it is generally accepted that it was the RAF night raid which caused the most serious damage."  an officially commissioned history by Denis Richards and Hilary St G Saunders the authors write of what it was like for civilians on the ground during the bombing campaign saying: "Mrs Riedl crawled through the last hole dipped the blanket which she carried in a tub half full of dirty water which was standing nearby and flung it over her head and round her shoulders.  she crouched in the middle of the road where they all remained for seven hours until at long last rain fell and momentarily damped the fires with which they were surrounded.  "About eight in the morning Mrs Riedl and her companions began to grope their way out of the town towards the river into which many persons had thrown themselves.  "Its banks and the open spaces beside them were choked with the bodies of those caught in the open by the second attack."  the buildings destroyed in the bombings have either been reconstructed based on their original designs or replaced with modern architecture Some of the ruins were left intact as a way to honour and remember the dead and to ensure future generations are aware of the price of conflict One notable feature of this reconstruction is the Frauenkirche which serves as a symbol of reconciliation The cross at the top of its tower was gifted by Dresden's twin city of Coventry and crafted by a metalsmith whose father was part of the British bomber crews that targeted Dresden during the war The bombing of Dresden in February 1945 remains one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War profoundly impacting countless lives forever Please select at least one newsletter to subscribe to: German city’s Sinfoniker says aim is not to replace humans but to play music human conductors would find impossible She’s not long on charisma or passion but keeps perfect rhythm and is never prone to temperamental outbursts against the musicians beneath her three batons the next-generation robot conductor who made her debut this weekend in Dresden Her two performances in the eastern German city are intended to show off the latest advances in machine maestros as well as music written explicitly to harness 21st-century technology The artistic director of Dresden’s Sinfoniker said the intention was “not to replace human beings” but to perform complex music that human conductors would find impossible long known for innovation and political statements is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the Robotersinfonie at the Hellerau hall in a concert divided into two parts three-armed MAiRA clutches a trio of stubby lightsabers each responding to its own baton to create cross rhythms Robotersinfonie at the Hellerau hall Photograph: David.Suenderhauf/Hellerau hallThe composer Andreas Gundlach wrote the aptly named Semiconductor’s Masterpiece for 16 brass musicians and four percussionists playing wildly diverging time signatures Some begin slowly and accelerate while the others slow down Gundlach told the local public broadcaster MDR that MAiRA’s technical skills ensured the music sounded smooth Rindt worked with specialists from Technical University Dresden’s CeTI which stands for Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop It pursues innovation based on the principle that robots and people can cooperate rather than compete Rindt taught MAiRA conducting as he would a human displaying arm movements up to 40 times so she could integrate and adopt them with ever-increasing complexity during two years in development allowing it to move and stretch in all directions a safety mechanism kicks in to prevent her from doing any damage to herself or the musicians Rindt told MDR he had the idea of stepping aside for a sophisticated robot 23 years ago while rehearsing an intricate composition One of the bassoonists told the conductor: “You’re conducting the clarinets in 3/4 time and I have 5/8 a totally different tempo – what should I do no one is conducting me?” And the conductor answered: “I’m not a robot.” Local media reported an enthusiastic reception for the world premiere on Saturday night, which is to be followed by a livestreamed concert on Sunday Free newsletterA digest of the morning's main headlines from the Europe edition emailed direct to you every week day During its quarter-century of existence, Dresden’s Sinfoniker has often pushed the envelope of contemporary music. In 2006, it played an arrangement of the soundtrack of the classic silent film Battleship Potemkin from the balconies of a communist-era housing development in central Dresden, while the British pop duo Pet Shop Boys played on the roof And in 2017, it staged a festival “against isolation and intolerance” during the Trump presidency close to the US-Mexican border wall near Tijuana and performed with Mexican and US musicians by Matthew Bourgault and Ariana St Pierre DRESDEN (WGME) -- The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says one person was killed and four more were injured in a crash on Route 27 in Dresden Monday Investigators say a sedan driven by 33-year-old Andrew Coombs of Portland was traveling south on Route 27 when it crossed into the northbound lane The car hit to SUVs that were traveling northbound The first SUV was driven by a 41-year-old man from Auburn The second SUV was driven by a 43-year-old woman from Augusta Both SUVs rolled onto their roofs after being hit All four other people involved were taken to Maine Medical Center with internal injuries The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says it had received reports of Coombs driving erratically before the crash Deputies were in the area looking for his vehicle The cause of the crash is still under investigation An Ohio.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the State of Ohio A lock or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website Share sensitive information only on official and personal information are protected by federal and state digital security standards https://www.destinationdresden.com/ DRESDEN ‒ The county put blighted properties in its crosshairs as one of their 2025 goals Now a building in downtown Dresden is coming down next The Muskingum County commissioners recently opened six bids for the demolition of an old barn at 25 W The commissioners took the bids under advisement for a later approval after a large difference in the companies' disposal estimates They will take time to consider what the material disposal should cost Asterfield Oilfield Services of Bellaire was the low bidder grading and seeding if awarded the contract The two highest bids had disposal estimates of more than $10,000 asbestos remediation is done before demolition abatement was nearly impossible to complete 100% executive director of the Muskingum County Land Reutilization Corporation Part of the problem was that not all of the building's areas could be reached during an asbestos survey nor did workers feel safe during the survey The demo project will now treat all disposed materials as if they contain asbestos "That happens from time to time," Roberts added More: See how Paul Emory combines magic and realism in new exhibit at the Museum of Art but it's difficult to tell by how much since the bids for West Fifth Street already came in lower than expected Demolition costs can be volatile sometimes depending on the schedules of companies that submit bids Muskingum Site Services was the only local company that submitted a bid the commissioners committed to another $100,000 to leveling blighted buildings after doing so in 2024 In line with their 2025 goals the commissioners are only demolishing eligible nuisance properties submitted by townships and villages to encourage third-party development "They submit properties that perhaps have been abandoned or the owner cannot afford it themselves," Commissioner Cameron said earlier this year The commissioners won't directly redevelop the plots State funding was not an option since the Dresden barn was not a primary structure on the property so the county will pay for the project out of the $100,000 blighted property fund for 2025 Jewels at the heart of a multimillion-dollar heist in 2019 — and recovered a few years later — are back on display at the German museum they were stolen from announced this week that the exhibition of historical gems and other relics is reopening to the public in "almost all its glory." Marion Ackermann, director general of the Dresden State Art Collections, said in a statement translated from German that the regional court system had allowed the recovered items to be sent back to the museum for display "The jewels are presented exactly as they were returned to the [Dresden State Art Collections] — with damage that is barely visible although in need of restoration," Ackermann said Saxony Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer called it a "good day" for the German state in the eastern part of the country bordering Poland and the Czech Republic "In 2019, criminal clans from Berlin took possession of our cultural heritage," Kretschmer said in German in a post on X Located in Dresden's Royal Palace, the Green Vault began as a project to house precious metals ornate art and other objects amassed by August the Strong the Saxon elector who would later become the king of Poland The brazen heist five years ago shocked the German public and ignited a massive hunt for the $123 million in pilfered jewels and artifacts — as well as those responsible for snatching them during the nighttime break-in Authorities said at the time that surveillance video showed two thieves entering the museum's Jewel Room and smashing display cases with what appeared to be a hatchet or small ax The suspects made off with an array of historical valuables including a breast star of the Polish Order of the White Eagle decorated in diamonds and a diamond-covered sword Those two items were among a portion of the stolen goods recovered in Berlin by German law enforcement authorities in late 2022 such as a large breast bow of Queen Amalie Auguste and an epaulet that includes the so-called Saxon White diamond Last year, five men were sentenced to several years in prison for taking part in the robbery They admitted to setting fire to a nearby circuit breaker panel to cut the power in the area and using a hydraulic cutting machine to break into the museum The men are members of the so-called Remmo Clan a family crime network with Arab roots operating in Germany that's been linked to other robberies in the past Ackermann said an international commission of experts would convene to discuss how to restore the recovered jewels "The baroque jewelry ensemble in the jewelry room is unique in the world," Ackermann said She added that museum officials had "not given up hope of being able to exhibit the remaining jewels here in the Green Vault one day." Become an NPR sponsor AOAV Home / AOAV: all our reports a German city known for its baroque beauty and cultural significance first by the Royal Air Force and then by the United States Army Air Forces The resulting firestorm consumed entire neighbourhoods the bombing of Dresden remains one of the most controversial military actions of the Second World War emblematic of the broader moral questions surrounding the bombing of populated areas The justification for the attack was strategic: Dresden was a transport hub Some files from the National Archives suggest that key targets included railway stations Winston Churchill himself referred to Dresden as a “centre of communications.” But for those who lived through the inferno such justifications did little to mitigate the horrors they endured Survivors spoke of streets that became rivers of fire of bodies reduced to ashes in underground shelters of suffocation as the firestorm sucked oxygen from the air captures the sheer horror of that night: “The sky bright with green and red marker flares; and then roaring flames in the gutted cathedral rising ever higher.” McKay describes how emergency teams dealing with the corpses found bodies turned into little more than shadows on the pavement The physical and psychological scars left by the bombing were “etched into the very fabric of the city.” Firestorms had already been unleashed upon Hamburg in 1943 and Tokyo in 1945 the latter killing more than 100,000 people in a single night The policy of area bombing – deliberately targeting civilian centres – was not an anomaly but a calculated tactic of war a precursor to the even greater devastation of nuclear weapons questions whether such actions were justified under the laws of war He writes: “The very term ‘war crime’ includes… extermination and other inhumane acts committed against any civilian population before or during the war.” Grayling argues that area bombing did not differentiate between military and civilian targets “Deliberately mounting military attacks on civilian populations in order to cause terror and indiscriminate death among them Yet there are those who argue that such acts were necessary to hasten the war’s end – an argument that is still used to this day The Allies sought to break the German war machine But even among military strategists at the time in a memo written shortly after the attack seemed to waver in his support: “The destruction of Dresden remains a serious query against the conduct of Allied bombing… It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror… should be reviewed.” the firestorm was unlike anything they had ever witnessed One Dresden resident recalled: “After the first attack this great city was burning in an area 7km long and 4km wide The second attack began two-and-a-half hours later… Thirty-five minutes long the earth trembled under the impact of numberless bombs.” The city was not just a military target but also a refuge had swelled with hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians fleeing the Soviet advance A United States Air Forces report noted that Dresden was “jammed with refugees… filling each house to the last place What remains most haunting about Dresden’s destruction is the scale of civilian loss bodies of children were found clinging to their mothers the heat so intense that it had fused them together survived the initial blast only to collapse two days later due to the intense heat the Allied aerial campaign that targeted German cities in early 1945 Germany fell not because of the destruction of its cities but due to the combined Allied advance on the ground The moral debate over area bombing persists As Grayling asks: “If we are to hold fast to the principle that the deliberate targeting of civilians is wrong then we must confront uncomfortable truths about how war has been waged.” the bombardment of cities remains a common feature of conflict leaving civilians trapped beneath rubble and fire The international legal framework has evolved – protocols on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas have been debated political commitments signed – but enforcement remains weak McKay reminds us that “remembrance itself is a battlefield; there are those who seek to exploit the past for political purposes.” In modern Germany Dresden has been at the centre of revisionist narratives with far-right groups attempting to use the bombing as evidence of Allied war crimes downplaying Nazi atrocities in the process It is crucial to remember Dresden in its full historical context—not just as a victim of war but also as a city that once stood at the heart of a regime responsible for unparalleled brutality The anniversary of Dresden should serve as more than an exercise in remembrance a moment to reaffirm that the lessons of history must shape the conduct of war today The world can never again claim ignorance about the consequences of bombing cities The charred remains of Dresden serve as a permanent testament to the need for accountability Did you find this story interesting? 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in this race," said Munger plans are not to go wide into the first turn But my options were to pull him back and go in behind them and then go wide on the far turn get into a nice position up the backstretch "He's the type of horse you don't want any hard-luck stories Keith Johns' True North purchased Dresden Row for $70,000 at the 2023 Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training where he was consigned by Little Farm Equine Dresden Row has won five of eight starts and earned $242,431 he's just produced the goods," said Munger who was joined in the winner's circle by Johns The Dresden semiconductor fab is backed by a €5bn German measure approved by the EC under EU State aid rules The European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) has commenced the construction of a new semiconductor fabrication facility in Dresden The European Commission (EC) has approved a €5bn German measure to support this initiative under EU State aid rules This project aims to strengthen Europe’s semiconductor supply chain security aligning with the European Chips Act Communication while also contributing to digital and green transitions “With this state-of-the-art manufacturing facility we will bring TSMC’s advanced manufacturing capabilities within reach of our European customers and partners,” said TSMC chairman and CEO CC Wei “will stimulate economic development within the region and drive technological advancements across Europe.” ESMC is a joint venture involving Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) It aims to address the growing demand for automotive and industrial semiconductor applications TSMC has a 70% stake in the semiconductor joint venture and NXP Semiconductors hold 10% stake each The Taiwanese firm will be the operator of the German chip-making plant The Dresden semiconductor fab will produce high-performance chips using 300mm silicon wafers with technology nodes of 28/22nm and 16/12nm It is scheduled to reach full operational capacity by 2029 and is expected to manufacture 480,000 silicon wafers annually with a monthly production capacity of 40,000 wafers the facility will cater to a broad customer base including those outside the shareholder group This model supports the wider EU semiconductor ecosystem by providing access to production capacities for European small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups while offering support to European universities ESMC claims it is committed to prioritising crisis-relevant products as mandated by the EU Chips Act Regulation and intends to apply for recognition as an Open EU Foundry The European Commission has acknowledged that this measure will facilitate the establishment of a unique mass-production facility for advanced semiconductor technologies in Europe aid from the German federal government is necessary to attract investment and is expected to have minimal impact on competition within the European Union (EU) ESMC has agreed to share potential profits beyond current expectations with Germany “This €5bn German measure will strengthen semiconductor production capacity in Europe helping us deliver our green and digital transition and creating opportunities for high-skilled employment,” said the EC executive vice-president in charge of competition policy “The measure’s open foundry model will ensure widespread access to power-efficient chips including by smaller companies and start-ups while limiting any potential distortion of competition.” The total investment for the Dresden semiconductor fab will be financed through a combination of equity and support from the EU and the German government The facility is anticipated to create approximately 2,000 high-tech jobs underscores the importance of investing in advanced semiconductor facilities which came into effect on 21 September 2023 further emphasises this investment as part of efforts to secure the EU’s supply chain and boost the economy The approval of the Dresden semiconductor fabrication facility 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