Seventy years ago , in one of the most controversial action of World War Two , the British Royal Air Force ( RAF ) and the United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) dropped circa 4000 tons of high - volatile bomb and incendiary equipment onDresden . Only months before the end of World War II , in four tearing raid between 13 and 15 February the ally hoagy obliterated over 1,600 acres ( 6.5 km2 ) of the historic metropolis center , and the bombing and the result firestorm killed at least 25,000 German multitude .
If someone were to look out at the burn Baroque city in the days after the desolate onrush , from the Town Hall column – seriously damaged but still standing among the ruins of the downtown – they would have been floor by the hideous scene . Now , seventy years after the bombing , visitors of Panometer gasometer in Dresden can watch and remember what happened in the hell of war as creative person Yadegar Asisi has created a 1:1 exfoliation , 100 metres wide and 30 meter in high spirits circular scene that depicts the smoulder ruination of Dresden in the prompt aftermath of the Allied firebombing .
The destination of the vast 360 degree artwork is more than remembering the horrors of Dresden as the artistexplains :
The project broaches the issues of tragedy and hope in Europe . It does not merely show the tragedy of Dresden , but drag tending to the interaction of European state of war - torn history . By 1945 , not only had a with child number of European cities been destroyed , such as Rotterdam , Coventry , Stalingrad and Warsaw , but also legion German metropolis . [ … ] The panoramic experience is rounded off with the accompanying music by film composer Eric Babak and sound effect chew over the earned run average and the setting in the scene .
Not picture however knowing how many citizens of the Elbe metropolis died in the raging fires this apocalyptic piece of artistry seems even more appalling , as the follow photo partially show .
photo : Matthias Rietschel / Getty Images
Photos : Tom Schulze © asisi
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