A pile of bodies before cremation in Dresden, 1945

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Image text:

During the heavy bombing of Dresden in the spring of 1945, thousand of people were killed. The number of victims was so great that the bodies were collected on the remaining public places, where they were doused with gasoline and burnt to reduce the risk of diseases

Photographer:

SZ Photo

Date:

01.02.1945

28.02.1945

Location:

Germany, Dresden

Image ID:

00118322

Dimensions:

2338px x 1926px

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No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo

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SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Historical archives

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Bombing of Dresden in Second World War 1945

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Keywords:

1945 Cremation WWII air raids american attack bodies bombing british burnt corpses dresden gasoline germany killing nazi outdoors people second world war street victims world war two historical

Headline:

A pile of bodies before cremation in Dresden, 1945

Date:

01.02.1945

Photographer:

SZ Photo

Image ID:

00118322