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Description: August Schreitmüller's sandstone sculpture "The Goodness" on Dresden's town hall overlooking the city in 1946, after the February 13-15, 1945 bombing.

Photographer: Richard Peter, 1946. First published in 1949 in East Germany. [1]

Source: Air Force Magazine [2]

[edit] Fair use rationale for Bombing of Dresden

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