Up to 25,000 people lost their lives during the Allied air raids on the city of Dresden from February 12-15, 1945. The dead were transported by horse-drawn wagons and carts to public squares in the city for identification. Fearing epidemics, thousands of corpses were burned in the city's Altmarkt square in the days that followed. The ashes of the dead were later buried in cemeteries. Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv - [automated translation]
