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    Landmark Dresden Church Completes Rise From the Ashes

    Dresden's Frauenkirche, a symbol of the suffering of German civilians after its destruction in World War II bombing and now of reconciliation, was consecrated Sunday after painstaking restoration.

    The church is perhaps Dresden's most famous landmark and the image of it in ruins is known worldwide as a symbol of the destruction of World War II.

    The Baroque church stood for decades as a decapitated, empty shell. But that changed in 1990 when a group of people began gathering funds to rebuild it. Now, after a decade of reconstruction, the Frauenkirche stands once again in its full splendor, with a consecration ceremony Sunday officially reopening the church to the public.

    People from around the world are visiting Dresden for the festivities. German President Horst Köhler is attending, attend, as is outgoing Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his designated successor, Angela Merkel.

    Britain, which led the bombing raids, has contributed more than one million euros in donations towards the reconstruction and the Duke of Kent, who is patron of the fundraising Dresden Trust, is attending Sunday's ceremony to represent the British royal family.

    The tens of thousands of spectators at Sunday's consecration will marvel at a golden cross and orb donated by the English city of Coventry, which itself was flattened by German bombing during World War II.
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    Full article: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,...sch-335-rdf-mp

    1945: http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_..._ind_1,00.html

    Today: http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_...758986,00.html

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    It also looks better than it used to because today it's in colour while it was all black and white back then.

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    • #3
      Sure
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      • #4
        Any idea whether Hitler's pictures were used in the restoration?
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        • #5
          And the effect would be? Attracting bombers?
          Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

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          • #6
            Other articles I read mentioned "original planes" used for reconstruction, and "old pics" for certain elements (some figures like angels for example). I'm not sure about "Hitler's pics" - did he make paintings of the church?
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            • #7
              Not the "original planes" used for destruction then?

              I hope that the UK government offered some cash for this restoration, but severely doubt that they would have done.

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              • #8
                No, after it became clear Germany was going to loss, he ordered ten-thousands of pictures to be made across Germany of all buildings deemed historically significant. He assumed many would be destroyed and that the pictures could be used to restore the monuments after the war.

                There's an exposition going on at the moment in Belgium featuring these pictures.
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                • #9
                  Ahh....didn't know that.
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                  • #10
                    Colon, you seem to have a very positive image of Hitler.

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                    • #11
                      Andz, you seem to be moron.
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                      • #12
                        Your avatar looks stupid.

                        Don't you know that in western society there can be no statement concerning Hitler that doesn't say he's satan?

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                        • #13
                          Hitler invested in freeways
                          urgh.NSFW

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                          • #14
                            He beat unmployment

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                            • #15
                              And committed suicide

                              Just much too late
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