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Witness History: The church that rose from the rubble

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The church that rose from the rubble

06/11/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The church that rose from the rubble

Reconstructing Dresden's historic baroque church.

The story of the painstaking project to reconstruct Dresden's historic baroque church.

In 2005 Dresden’s Lutheran church, the Frauenkirche, opened its doors to the public for the first time in 60 years. The Frauenkirche in the East German city of Dresden was destroyed in 1945 by British and American bombing. The church remained in ruins for over 40 years. Then, in 1993, a painstaking project began to piece the church back together and restore it to its former glory.  Josephine Casserly talks to Thomas Gottschlich who was one of the architects leading the reconstruction.

Ruins of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany after the WWII bombing in 1945. Credit: Probst/Ullstein Bild via Getty Images

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