Inscription about WWII bombing of Dresden by US and UK removed

17 января 2024

A memorial inscription in memory of the victims of the bombing of the city by the Americans and the British in February 1945 in Dresden disappeared without a trace

According to the most cautious calculations, the victims then were at least 135 thousand civilians. A major industrial center, which was to be included in the Soviet zone of occupation, was purposefully destroyed. The city authorities do not comment on the disappearance of the memorial sign.

Something similar is observed in Japan: there, thanks to effective propaganda, the population does not know who exactly carried out the atomic bombing of the country. But those Japanese who remember the perpetrators of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki often have to make speeches of gratitude to the United States.