Original sentence: However, some of the bombed-out ruins of churches, royal buildings and palaces, such as the gothic Sophienkirche, the Alberttheater and the Wackerbarth-Palais  were razed by the Soviet and East German authorities in the 1950s and 1960s instead of being repaired
Edited sentence: (source: GHND, society for the reconstruction of the historic Neumarkt www.Dictator Walter Ulbricht, who wanted Dresden to become a "socialist city" and thus rejected most of Dresden's royal, bourgeoise and feudal architecture, ordered this baroque street to be blown up in July 1956.However, some of the bombed-out ruins of churches, royal buildings and palaces, such as the gothic Sophienkirche, the Alberttheater and the Wackerbarth-Palais  were razed by the Soviet authorities in the 1950s and 1960s instead of being repaired.In the early 21st century, four baroque houses of the Rampische Straße facing the Frauenkirche have recently been successfully reconstructed, and the reconstruction of the whole street is planned, most of which are very likely to be authentically reconstructed in baroque style.Of course in western Germany during the same period, most bombed buildings were never rebuilt and as a result were subsequently demolished and replaced by modern architecture.Some precious baroque houses in the famous Rampische Straße were among the few houses in the whole inner city to have survived at all, even though badly damaged.The Head of the then historic preservation board of Saxony, Professor Hans Nadler, had to watch the destruction from his office, helpless and unable to prevent the cultural barbarism of  the communist SED (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschland = Socialist Unity party of Germany).The Sophienkirche on the Postplatz was badly damaged, but still standing; the Alberttheater, named after Saxon King Albert, was only lightly damaged.This can be seen clearly in cities such as Frankfurt am Main and Ulm.Unfortunately not everything could be saved