Chapter Twenty-Three - Benediction
Chapter Twenty-Three Benediction Dresden 4 May 1945 In this chapter, the girls pass through firebombed Dresden, learning that Hitler is dead, and have a curious encounter with a Hungarian refugee. City of Angels, Florence on the Elbe, gone: Do not look away, friend. Memento Mori. This is war. Some of you will say well he deserved it, or 'they' deserved it. No human deserves this, or any of the other atrocities committed on all sides in this terrible war. Dresden in my memory stands as a symbol, not of German suffering, but of the absolute wrongness of war. Never Again! Emperor Karl, Empress Zita, and Otto, at the Coronation in Budapest: The Real Story of the Dresden Firestorm - TIKHistory. The best documentary on the web. Read the comments. Slaughterhouse Five - Full Audiobook - The author, Kurt Vonnegut, was a POW in Dresden, and surivived. This is an anti-war book. "KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME" DRESDEN SEQUENCE - Vonnegut revisits Dresden. Brav...