President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Germans to "defend democracy" on the 75th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden in World War II on Thursday, ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks during a ceremonial event marking the 75th anniversary of the Dresden bombing, on Feb. 13, 2020. MATTHIAS RIETSCHEL/Reuters ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers speech in front of Frauenkirche church to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the destruction of the city during World War II, in Dresden, Germany ...

Hundreds of people gathered in the eastern German city of Dresden on Saturday morning to protest against a planned far-right rally to commemorate the city's destruction during World War II ...

The most visible symbol of the destruction in Dresden in February 1945 was the collapse of a church called the Frauenkirche, Mr Henkel continued.

FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Germany will mark 75 years since the destruction of Dresden in World War II on Thursday, with the far right seeking to inflate victim numbers and play down Nazi crimes.

Dresden was not merely a city, but a work of art in itself, an architectural jewel whose aesthetic attractions had made it Saxony's pride for nearly half a millennium. That long chapter of its ...

More than 25,000 people died during the Allied firebombing of the city of Dresden, Germany, from February 13 to 15, 1945. Eighty years later, thousands of people have linked hands to form a human ...

It's a Christmas wish come true: For the first since its wartime destruction, strains of Bach are emanating from the Frauenkirche. LASZLO BUHASZ tours the reconsecrated German cathedral and ...

The destruction of Dresden, the “Florence on the Elbe”, by British and American bombers in February 1945 was one of the most controversial Allied operations of the war.

Survivors look for firewood in the aftermath of the destruction of Dresden in February, 1945. Getty Images Yet Dresden has come to occupy a special place in discussions of the air war.