Review: Astounding
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
First other than Vonnegut, I find it such a travesty that there aren't many first hand accounts published about the firebombing of Dresden. Was it a necessary evil? Or should it have been designated as a war crime? The people of Dresden died horribly here and it's a shame that this important piece of history has been obscured. Hiroshima? Nagasaki?These were civilians that happened to be on the "wrong" side of history but I can't help but imagine that they were just people living their lives like many people that lived in Allied countries. Some didn't really care about politics. They cared about working, money, their children, and having food.OF course Dr. Goebbels used Dresden as more propaganda to continue his "Total War" beliefs to press forward for the endsieg (final victory). It was not to be.This account was written by a POW and gives a very detailed and grotesque view of what happened during this horrible loss of civilian life. It was hard to read but I am grateful that the author decided to write these words down and publish it for posterity. This should never happen again.(NOTE: I believe that some of the low reviews are not fair. Many are complaining about grammar when their own reviews could stand some "editing".)