Beautiful Dresden before its destruction at the end of WWII in color: Watch and weep!

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Published on Feb 13, 2023
This film shows the beautiful German city of Dresden not long before World War II around 1936. Watching this film becomes extremely emotional if one realizes that what can be seen here no longer exists because of alied bombing raids.

These raids on Dresden took place from 13 to 15 February 1945 whereby almost the complete city was destroyed. The raids became a symbol of the â€œterror bombingâ€ campaign against Germany, which was one of the most controversial Allied actions of the war. Some people called and still call this bombardment a War Crime. Just watch this film to see how beautiful it was and to realize that approximately 25,000 innocent civilians were killed during the bombardment to understand such opinions.

For more information, please read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II

Some parts of Dresden have been rebuilt. Take a look here: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/versaille-dresden-has-been-rebuilt-74-years-after-world-war-ii-180973225/ and especially here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/13/photos-70-years-ago-dresden-was-destroyed-heres-what-it-looks-like-today/

The original B&W film has been restored, enhanced and colorized by means of state-of-the-art video software based on Artificial intelligence. Among other it has been speed-corrected, motion-stabilized, contrast & brightness enhanced, noise reduced, upscaled to full HD and colorized with DeOldify.

Source: archive.org
Music: Howard Harper-Barnes & Trevor Kowalski.

Please help to further identify the locations in this timeline:
00:00 Dresden before WW-II.
00:05 River view of Albertinum, Sekundogenitur, Estates house, Hausmannsturm from the residence castle, cathedral Ss.Trinitatis
00:38 City hall tower with golden sculpture of Hercules (5,05m hight)
01:11 View from the tower of the Kreuzkirche (in the background the Sophienkirche with her two slim towers)
01:29 Frauenkirche
02:33 Hausmannsturm from the residence castle
03:18 Sculpture of Martin Luther at the foot of the Frauenkirche
03:23 The Johanneum (an extension side building of the residence castle)
03:46 The Stallhof (a tournament place of the residence castle)
04:23 Schinkelwache (formerly a police station)
04:36 The Semper Opera with Quadriga
05:21 On the left side can see the Sophienkirche, on the right side is the Schinkelwache
05:37 View of the rear of the cathedral Ss.Trinitatis
05:58 View from the BrÃ¼hl'sche Terrasse to the Blockhaus (a guard station on the Newtown side)
06:11 View of the Erlweinspeicher (a storage building)
06:34 The Golden Rider (an equestrian sculpture of the elector August der Starke)
06:55 Japanisches Palais
08:09 The Garden Palais in the city park
09:17 Impressions from the city park GroÃŸer Garten
09:31 Kronentor from the Zwinger
10:56 Impressions from the Zwinger with various pavilions(a building complex with green areas, exhibitions and collections- for example the porcelain collection)
11:40 The Porzellanpavillon with the collection.

These locations have been added thanks to Youtube viewer "The Beautymaker".

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