BBC News - Germany marks 70th anniversary of Dresden firebombing

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are taking place in Germany to mark the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Dresden. </p> <p>An estimated 25,000 people died in the British and American attack, which created a firestorm that left 33 sq km (12 sq miles) of the city in ruins. </p> <p>Speaking at the city's Church of Our Lady, German President Joachim Gauck said the attack had "burned itself into the memory" of survivors.</p> <p>The city was believed by Allied forces to be a vital Nazi command centre.</p> <p>It was used by German forces to defend the country against Soviet forces approaching from the east.</p> <span class="cross-head">'Wounds'</span> <p>Friday's events have included an afternoon service at the Church of Our Lady, or the Frauenkirche, which has been rebuilt since it was destroyed in the World War Two raids.</p>     <div class="videoInStoryB"> <div id="emp-31445001-198" class="emp"> <noscript> <div class="warning"> <img class="holding" 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The firestorm grabbed her."</p>  </div>   <p>President Gauck told the congregation that Dresden had become a symbol of the suffering of the war, and that Germany needed to learn lessons from its past.</p> <p>"We know who started the murderous war... we know. And that is why we don't and we will never forget the victims of German warfare," he said.</p> <p>"We don't forget when, today, we remember the German victims."</p> <div class="caption full-width"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150214065018im_/http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80992000/jpg/_80992271_025853377-1.jpg" width="624" height="391" alt="Visitors and survivors of the February 13, 1945 allied firebombing of Dresden, as well as Dresden Mayor Helma Orosz (fifth from right), arrive to lay white roses at the former train station where the Nazis shipped Dresden Jews to concentration camps"/> <span style="width:624px;">Survivors of WW2, along with Dresden Mayor Helma Orosz (fifth from right), laid white roses at a former train station where Nazis transported Jews to concentration camps</span> </div> <div class="caption full-width"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150214065018im_/http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80981000/jpg/_80981500_025839859-1.jpg" width="624" height="391" alt="A photo taken from Dresden's town hall of the destroyed old town of the historic city after the allied bombings in February 1945"/> <span style="width:624px;">A photo taken from Dresden's town hall after the bombings shows the extent of the destruction to the city</span> </div> <p>Meanwhile the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby addressed the controversy surrounding the Allied raids, which critics now believe was disproportionate. </p> <p>"Whatever the arguments, events here 70 years ago left a deep wound and diminished all our humanity," he said.</p> <p>"Healing such wounds requires enemies to... become friends, which starts with our memories with the hurt we have suffered and ends with a shared understanding of the hurt we have caused each other."</p> <span class="cross-head">Attempts to exploit</span> <p>Anti-fascist campaigners, joined by church dignitaries, also formed a human chain to pay homage to the victims of the massive bombing, as they have done in past years.</p> <p>Thousands of people are expected to gather in the city centre on Friday evening to remember those killed.</p> <div class="caption full-width"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150214065018im_/http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80981000/jpg/_80981502_025839892-1.jpg" width="624" height="391" alt="A photo taken in February 1945 shows the ruins of Dresden's Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) and the destroyed Martin-Luther-Memorial in the east German city of Dresden, following allied bombings"/> <span style="width:624px;">The attack left Dresden's Church of Our Lady and Martin-Luther-Memorial in ruins</span> </div> <div class="caption full-width"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150214065018im_/http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80981000/jpg/_80981504_025849265-1.jpg" width="624" height="351" alt="A statue of Martin Luther stands outside the Church of Our Lady, which was obliterated by Allied bombing raids 13-15 February 1945 and rebuilt in 2005"/> <span style="width:624px;">The statue of Martin Luther and the Church of Our Lady have since been rebuilt</span> </div> <p>Dresden Mayor Helma Orosz has said that the events would be an opportunity to demonstrate the city's core values of "openness to the world and tolerance".</p> <p>Far-right supporters have previously sought to exploit the anniversary of the bombings, although marches have dwindled in recent years.</p> <p>Dresden has become the hub of Germany's "anti-Islamisation" Pegida movement, which has brought thousands onto the streets for weekly protests since October 2014.</p> <span class="cross-head">Powerful symbol</span> <p>Starting on 13 February 1945, British and US planes unleashed a massive 37-hour bombing, sparking a huge inferno that engulfed the city's old town.</p> <div class="caption body-width"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150214065018im_/http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75306000/jpg/_75306515_line976.jpg" width="464" height="2" alt="line"/> </div> <span class="cross-head">White rose</span> <div class="caption full-width"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150214065018im_/http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80997000/jpg/_80997962_025853327-1.jpg" width="624" height="191" alt="White roses laid in Dresden 13 February 2015"/> </div> <ul> <li> Carried as a symbol of the ability to overcome war, racism and violence</li> <li> Shows opposition to attempts by the far-right to exploit the anniversary of the Dresden firebombing</li> <li> Emblem of non-violent Munich resistance group in Nazi Germany</li> <li> Evokes story of porcelain plate painted with white roses given by Dresden woman to survivors of German bombing of Guernica in 1937 as a request for forgiveness and symbol of joint suffering</li> </ul><div class="caption body-width"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150214065018im_/http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75306000/jpg/_75306515_line976.jpg" width="464" height="2" alt="line"/> </div> <p>By 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