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On Sunday, May 13 at 7:45 am
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The Fire: The Bombing of Germany 1940-1945
Jorg Friedrich

The Allied bombing of Germany during World War II resulted in 600,000 casualties - 70,000 of them children - and devastated the landscape of historic cities such as Dresden. In "The Fire," German historian Jorg Friedrich combines narrative, first-hand testimony, and history to depict the air-raids as they were experienced by German civilians. He also considers Allied rationale for the bombing and whether or not the campaign influenced the war's outcome. Since its initial publication in German in 2002, the book has been translated into ten languages.

German-born historian Jorg Friedrich worked as a broadcaster in Berlin before covering the Majdanek Trial in the 1970s. He is author of "The Cold Amnesty," which was a bestseller in the Federal Republic, and "The Law of War." "The Fire" has been translated into ten languages since its first publication in German in 2002.