115 words
O stolzere Trauer! Ihr ehernen Altäre,
Die heiße Flamme des Geistes nährt heute ein gewaltiger Schmerz,
Die ungebornen Enkel.
— Georg Trakl
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
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.
Die Frauenkirche in Dresden vor dem 13./14. Februar 1945.
8,325 words
Anmerkung 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…)
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
60:32 / 139 words
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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.
