Photos of Dresden collected for grade 10 project. Sources given attribution whenever possible. All information was gathered from existing Internet sources.

1. The Firebombing of Dresden
“On the night of 13th February, the Allies bombed Dresden in two
waves, three hours apart. Only six bombers were shot down, as German air
defenses were weak. The first round of bombing consisted of high explosives,
which would expose wooden frames of buildings. The second, incendiary round
would ignite everything around it.
Estimates of those killed vary from 35,000-135,000 (unsure partly
because of the refugees in Dresden at the time)…Created a self-sustaining
firestorm, over 1500 degrees.
Of 28,410 houses in central Dresden, 24,866 were destroyed, 15 sq
km totally demolished—of which there were: 14k homes, 72 schools, 22
hospitals, 19 churches, 5 theaters, 50 banks, 31 dept stores, 31 hotels, 62
administrative buildings.”
http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/ww2/projects/firebombing/we
bsitedresden1.htm
Warning: The photos you are about to see are very graphic.

2. Wikimedia
Commons

3. Woman in
an air-raid
shelter.
Wikimedia
Commons

4. Bodies ready for cremation. Wikimedia Commons

5. Wikimedia Commons, German Federal Archives

6. City center, Wikimedia Commons