Dresden A City Reborn

by Clayton, Anthony; Russell, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781859734414
• ISBN10: 1859734413
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Berg Pub Ltd

Summary

With a foreword by HRH The Duke of Kent 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, this book will be relevant to students of German history and art history or for anyone interested in a wide-ranging introduction to the history of Dresden.

Table of Contents

List of Colour Plates	ix
List of Black and White Pictures	xi
Acknowledgements	xv
Foreword HRH The Duke of Kent	xvii
Dresden and the Dresden Trust	1	(8)
Alan Russell
Dresden, 1206--1918	9	(18)
Anthony Clayton
Dresden, 1919--45	27	(24)
Anthony Clayton
including - Out of the Fire - the Enduring Friendship of Coventry and Dresden
Paul Oestreicher
Dresden and East Germany, 1945--90	51	(20)
Anthony Clayton
including - Always in Dresden - A Personal Memoir
Karl-Ludwig Hoch
Dresden: its Destruction and Rebuilding, 1945--85	71	(22)
John Soane
including - The Battle to Conserve - Securing the Ruins of the Frauenkirche
Hans Nadler
The Renaissance of Dresden after 1985	93	(24)
John Soane
including - The Rebirth of Dresden, as Conceived by the City Council
Gunter Just
Dresden's Architectural Traditions and its Surviving Heritage	117	(28)
Alan Russell
including - The Rebuilding of the Frauenkirche in Dresden
Eberhard Burger
The Art Collections of Dresden	145	(24)
Clare Ford-Wille
Dresden: A Music Metropolis	169	(26)
Derek McCulloch
Dresden's Literary and Theatrical Traditions	195	(28)
Judith Purver
New Beginnings: An Epilogue	223	(4)
Alan Russell
concluding with - Dresden: City of Music and Culture
Yehudi Menuhin
Appendix 1: The House of Wettin in Dresden	227	(2)
Appendix 2: Worldwide Support for the Frauenkirche	229	(6)
Bibliography	235	(6)
Index	241