Vandalisation of Dresden Stolpersteine
The Board condemned recent attempts in Dresden to vandalise the “Stolpersteine” of the family of one of our Trustees, and expressed the hope that steps would be taken to prevent such outrages in the future
Coventry Cathedral and the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Monica Petzal, artist and Trustee of the Dresden Trust, on 10th November 2015 opened exhibitions of works commemorating the wartime destruction of Dresden and Coventry to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Coventry. One exhibition in the Herbert Museum, also shown earlier in Dresden, is entitled “Indelible Marks,” while her new creation “75/70 […]
Dresden Archive to catalogue and digitise Dresden Trust Files– 28.10.2015
Dresden’s City Archive has undertaken to catalogue and digitise files of the Dresden Trust kept since its foundation in 1993. The files have been transported from England to Dresden in October for this purpose, and will henceforth be stored there. The move was decided unanimously by the Board of Trustees, and has taken place at […]
German President Hails Dresden Trust on Royal Viisit
At a State Banquet in honour of Queen Elizabeth II in Berlin on 24th June 2015, German President Joachim Gauck mentioned the work of the Dresden Trust in furthering reconciliation between Britain and Dresden: “…That foes have become friends is partly thanks to Your Majesty. You experienced the terrors of the war – the bombing […]
Dresden Trust’s Royal Patron receives Saxony Order of Merit
HRH the Duke of Kent, Royal Patron of the Dresden Trust, has been honoured with the Free State of Saxony’s Order of Merit in recognition of his two decades of work for reconciliation and friendship between Britain and Dresden. Receiving the award on […]
Buy online ‘A Trust for Our Times: The Story of the Dresden Trust’, by Dr Alan Russell
The fire-storming of Dresden was one of the Second World War’s great tragedies. Those who were then lost in the flames cannot be brought back to life, but much of the city could be – and has been – wonderfully rebuilt. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 and German unification followed, the Dresdeners […]
House of Lords: 70th Anniversary of Dresden Bombing
The Dresden Trust featured prominently on 12 March 2015 in the House of Lords debate on the 70th anniversary commemoration of the bombing of Dresden. The full version of the House of Lords Debate can be viewed in Hansard Column 813
Duke of Kent donates €10,000 Peace Prize to Dresden Trust
7th March 2015. HRH The Duke of Kent, Royal Patron of The Dresden Trust, has donated the €10,000 which accompanied his Dresden International Peace Prize to the Trust to further its work of reconciliation between Britain and Dresden. The Duke received a standing ovation in Dresden’s Semper Opera House on 14th February when he was […]
Dresden Trust at the 70th commemoration of the destruction.
The entire Board of the Dresden Trust including their Founder and President Dr Alan Russell and their Royal Patron HRH the Duke of Kent were present in Dresden for the 70th anniversary of the bombing. Over a period of days from […]