Caption

On 13 and 14 February 1945, Dresden was heavily destroyed in three Allied bombing raids. Every year, the people of Dresden commemorate this event at various events. A giant candle, into which citizens could place small candles, commemorates the event in front of the rebuilt Church of Our Lady, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Date

Feb 13, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK24F53_483

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,7Mb (3,9Mb) / 20,0in x 13,3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

several bunch of multiple little small tiny huge enormous giant gigantic massive church churches Church building Kirche building buildings structure construction constructions sacral building sacred building religious building religious buildings Second World War World War II World War 2 WW II WW2 WWII WW 2 history world war world wars politics politics embellished ornate ornamented caparisoned ornated different differing varied varying diverse Variety of Miscellaneous various differents three 3 3 thirteen 13 13th candle candles candlelit Saxony Sachsen State of Saxony German Europe Europe's decorative decoratively historic historical historically event events big large great decoration decorations decorative item decorative items decorated adorned decorates damage damages political citizen citizens resident residents diverse varied assorted various East Germany Eastern Germany bust destroyed wrecked broken damaged defective corrupted Church of Our Lady Dresden February February ally allies allied embellishment embellishments decoration decorations remembrance remembrances commemoration commemorating memory memories commemorate Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD anniversary anniversaries year completion Central Europe Middle Europe 1939-1945