Bombardements : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

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	Diese Annäherungen laufen natürlich zuweilen Gefahr, sich anzubiedern, eine schnelle Versöhnung auch zwischen den Generationen herbeizuführen, gerade jetzt, wo der nationale Erinnerungsdiskurs durch die deutsche Trauer um die eigenen Opfer bei Bombardements und durch Flucht und Vertreibung bestimmt wird. [G]	It also means that the modern-day attempts at rapprochement at times run the risk of sweeping unpleasantness under the carpet in an effort to achieve a swift reconciliation between the generations. This is all the more true in the light of a recent shift in the national discourse about the war, which is now focusing on German suffering caused by aerial bombardment and expulsion from central and eastern Europe.
	Massive Bombardements legten in der Nacht vom 13. auf den 14. Februar 1945 die Innenstadt in Schutt und Asche - und mit ihr die Frauenkirche, die über 200 Jahre lang die Silhouette der Stadt geprägt hatte. [G]	On the night of 13 February 1945, the Allies' massive bombardment of the city reduced Dresden to rubble - along with the Frauenkirche, which had dominated the city's skyline for more than 200 years.
	Zugleich schließt das neue Gebäude eine Baulücke, die an die Bombardements im Zweiten Weltkrieg erinnerte, denen knapp 80 % der Ulmer Innenstadt zum Opfer fielen. [G]	At the same time, the new building fills a gap in the built environment that was a reminder of the bombing raids of the Second World War, which destroyed almost 80 percent of Ulm city centre.
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