On 13 February 1945 Dresden, one of the most beautiful and historic cities of Europe, was destroyed by British and American air raids. This book is the first comprehensive history in the English language of this important cultural and historical centre.
The book traces the city's evolution from 1206 to its great baroque period under Augustus the Strong, and from the bombing to the present day. The story of Dresden supplies the reader with unique insights into the collapse of the old monarchic order, the resistance of citizens to the Nazi regime, as well as the reaction of the Church and the rise and fall of the GDR. It describes the post-war replanning of the city, from its ideological reshaping under Communism to the liberation of ideas and energies after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Experts in their fields tell the story of Dresden's great musical, artistic, architectural, literary and theatrical traditions, which are further illuminated by a series of personal memoirs from eye-witness accounts in 1945 to contemporary reflections by Lord Menuhin and others.
Heavily illustrated and complete with a foreword from the Duke of Kent, Dresden: A City Reborn is an important text for all students of German history and art history.
Edited by:
Alan Russell,
Dr Anthony Clayton
Imprint: Berg Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 232mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 501g
ISBN: 9781859734414
ISBN 10: 1859734413
Pages: 263
Publication Date: 01 September 2010
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
* Foreword HRH The Duke of Kent * Dresden and the Dresden Trust Alan Russell * Dresden, 1206-1918 Anthony Clayton * Dresden, 1919-45 Anthony Clayton including - Out of the Fire - the Enduring Friendship of Coventry and Dresden Paul Oestreicher * Dresden and East Germany, 1945-90 Anthony Clayton including - Always in Dresden - A Personal Memoir Karl-Ludwig Hoch * Dresden: its Destruction and Rebuilding, 1945-85 John Soane including - The Battle to Conserve - Securing the Ruins of the Frauenkirche Hans Nadler * The Renaissance of Dresden after 1985 John Soane including - The Rebirth of Dresden, as Conceived Guenter Just and Ingolf Rossberg * Dresden's Architectural Traditions and its Surviving Heritage Alan Russell including - The Rebuilding of the Frauenkirche in Dresden Eberhard Burger * The Art of Collections of Dresden Clare Ford-Wille * Dresden: A Music Metropolis Derek McCulloch * Dresden's Literary and Theatrical Traditions Judith Purver * New Beginnings: An Epilogue Alan Russell concluding with - Dresden: City of Music and Culture Yehudi Menuhin * Appendix 1: The House of Wettin in Dresden * Appendix 2: Worldwide Support for the Frauenkirche
Anthony Clayton is tutor at the University of Surrey, Guildford. Alan Russell is Chairman of the Dresden Trust and holder of the German Order of Merit and Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Reviews for Dresden: A City Reborn
'In his foreword, the Duke of Kent, the Trust's [Dresden Trust] royal patron, says that this has been produced in order to recall the greatness of Dresden's past, to remember its devastation and to inform and inspire, as the work of recreating its physical, social and cultural fabric forges ahead . This it surely does in a most informative manner.' German History '[The book is] a celebration of Dresden's cultural life, past, present and future and as such is successful.' Nicola Lambourne in History
