115 words
O stolzere Trauer! Ihr ehernen Altäre,
Die heiße Flamme des Geistes nährt heute ein gewaltiger Schmerz,
Die ungebornen Enkel.
— Georg Trakl
Counter-Currents
Tag: Dresden
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The Frauenkirche, Dresden, before February 13-14, 1945
8,366 words
German translation here
Editor’s Note:
The following account of the destruction of Dresden on the night of February 13–14, 1945, is an excerpt from chapter 10 of Hellstorm: The Death of Nazi Germany, 1944–1947
(Sheridan, Colorado: Aberdeen Books, 2010), which deals primarily with the fate of innocent Germans, primarily women, children, the old, and infirm in the last year and aftermath of World War II.
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30 wordsAt the gates of heaven
he did not know the names
beyond the bombing bay.But many miles away
he could still see the flames
judging the dead in Dresden. -
Die Frauenkirche in Dresden vor dem 13./14. Februar 1945.
8,325 words
Übersetzt von Deep RootsEnglish original hereAnmerkung von Greg Johnson:
Der folgende Bericht über die Zerstörung von Dresden in der Nacht vom 13. zum 14. Februar 1945 ist ein Auszug aus Kapitel 10 von Hellstorm: The Death of Nazi Germany, 1944-1947 (Sheridan, Colorado: Aberdeen Books, 2010), das sich vorwiegend mit dem Schicksal unschuldiger Deutscher, (more…)
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30 words
At the gates of heaven
he did not know the names
beyond the bombing bay.But many miles away
he could still see the flames
judging the dead in Dresden. -
The Frauenkirche, Dresden, before February 13-14, 1945
8,366 words
German translation here
Editor’s Note:
The following account of the destruction of Dresden on the night of February 13–14, 1945, is an excerpt from chapter 10 of Hellstorm: The Death of Nazi Germany, 1944–1947
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30 words
At the gates of heaven
he did not know the names
beyond the bombing bay.But many miles away
he could still see the flames
judging the dead in Dresden.
