The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby spoke today in the Frauenkirche in Dresden. Also speaking in the famous church was German President Johannes Gauck.
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the fire bombing of Dresden in which 25,000 people were killed.
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watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq1McPB_aHU
what did the archbishop say? did he accept the gross immorality of this fire bombing of german cities?
Here a report in english from a time witness: "More people died there in the firestorm, in that one big flame, than died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined." --Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
http://www.rense.com/general19/flame.htm
http://www.epochtimes.de/politik/deutschland/geschichtsluege-entlarvt-britische-phosphorbomben-bei-augsburg-gefunden-a2252909.html
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