‘FACING THE PAST TO CREATE A FAIRER FUTURE Is the past really over, done, past? Both psychology and science are increasingly revealing mechanisms by which the unresolved issues from one…

Durs Grünbein, the acclaimed German poet, presents in his volume “Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of my City” a unique lyrical engagement with the legacy of Dresden’s annihilation on 13th…

Ex-RAF Clergyman Bequeaths £10,000 to Dresden Trust In November 2020, a letter reached The Dresden Trust advising that a late Reverend A.W.S. Brown had bequeathed it £10,000. Wondering who he…

Personal messages from the Trustees. On 13th/14th February 1945, the historical centre of Dresden was destroyed by British and American bombing.

27 January 2021: Remembering Jewish victims in Dresden: Interview with Dr Herbert Lappe of the Jewish community in Dresden. Liebe Mitstreiter und an der Geschichte der Juden Interessierte Anlässlich des Gedenktages…

Görner, Schwellenworte

A new book on the painter Oskar Kokoschka, hailed as “a revelatory new biography” has just appeared in English translation. It is written by Professor Rüdiger Görner, Professor of German…

Britain’s Prince Charles for the first time took part in Germany’s National Day of Mourning for victims of war on 15th November 2020. Two years earlier, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier…

The Dresden Trust congratulated HRH The Duke of Kent, the Trust’s Royal Patron, on his 85th birthday on 6th October 2020. In a letter, Chairman Marcus Ferrar wrote: “For many…

The new German Ambassador to the UK, His Excellency Andreas Michaelis, has agreed to become a Patron of The Dresden Trust. In a letter to Chairman Marcus Ferrar, he wrote:…