About 5,500 residents were killed during the raids, and the once-famous medieval city centre, by that time the largest in Germany, was almost completely destroyed.
כ- 5,500 תושבים נהרגו ומרכז העיר מימי הביניים, הגדול בגרמניה בזמנו, נהרס כמעט לחלוטין.