Abstract
This paper uses the historical novel "Slaughter-House-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut to illustrate the effects of the Dresden Bombing during World War II. Not only is the book historical fiction, evidently based on true events, but most of the events are based on specific happenings. Vonnegut illustrates the life of a soldier during the war. His writing shows the destruction that occurs during this time
for both sides. Vonnegut writes of the war both objectively and truthfully, telling of each nation's soldiers, the effects of war on them, the brutality of the war, and the bombing of Dresden. The paper concludes that Vonnegut's writing, along with eyewitness accounts presented, show the true devastation of the Dresden Bombing.

From the Paper
"Slaughter-House-Five is a historical novel that tells of World War II, specifically the Dresden Bombing. Through a combination of both historical and science fiction, Kurt Vonnegut illustrates the life of a soldier during the war. Vonnegut writes about the war in an unbiased manner giving different views about its participants and attacks. His strong voice is not, however, diminished by his objectivity. Vonnegut writes of the war both objectively and truthfully, telling of each nation's soldiers, the effects of war on them, the brutality of the war, and the bombing of Dresden."

Tags:bombing, dresden, five, house, kurt, research, slaughter, vonnegut

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses the 19th century architect, Gottfried Semper. The writer focuses on Semper's work on the first and second Dresden Hoftheater, that is the opera house. The writer looks at the building of the first Dresden Hoftheater, its destruction and then the different techniques involved with the second building.

From the Paper
"Gottfried Semper was a nineteenth century architect who is noted for a number of designs, among them the first and second Dresden Hoftheater designs. Semper taught architecture at the Dresden Academy. The first Dresden Hoftheater, or opera house, was built from 1838 to 1841 and was destroyed. He was an exile for a time after political problems but returned to build the second Dresden Hoftheater in 1870-1878. In the intervening years, his technique improved and would be better received than had been the case with his first version. Gottfried Semper ..."

Abstract
This paper takes a look at the events that led up to the eventual fire bombing of the city of Dresden in 1945 and the impact that this had on the Germans, Romanians, Bulgarians and Japanese. It also reviews the British plan, Thunderclap. The paper further discusses how the bombing destroyed the baroque magnificence of central Dresden.

From the Paper
"On February 4, as the dust settled in Berlin, the Combined Chiefs met their Soviet counterparts at Yalta. General Antonov, the Red Army's chief of staff, suggested that the Western air forces paralyze enemy communication centers like Berlin and Leipzig; he neither mentioned Dresden nor excluded it. On February 5, when proposing a bomb line, east of which Western bombing would be forbidden, he left Dresden open to Western air attack. Contrary to later claims, the Soviets never specifically asked for an attack on Dresden. The implication of their request was probably for more strikes on marshalling yards in eastern Germany, rather than area attacks. Antonov was probably thinking of attacks like the one on Berlin the previous day. Later Soviet propaganda exploitation of the bombing of Dresden tempted some Westerners to try to shift some or all of the blame for it onto the Soviets, but the record does not support this. "Just as the first target markers began to fall over Dresden, a second group of 550 British heavy bombers was taking off from Britain" (Biddle 2005). The number of victims at Dresden was never accurately known. The city's population had been swollen by refugees, and those who dealt with the disaster had more to worry about than an accurate tally of corpses. Wild stories of over 200,000 dead circulated; even in 1963, David Irving's well known book The Destruction of Dresden claimed that as many as 135,000 people had been killed, which would make Dresden by far the most destructive air attack in history. The true number of the dead was probably 35,000--still horrible and almost as many as those killed at Hamburg. But Dresden left a uniquely bad taste in many people's mouths. Hamburg had been a major industrial city and had been attacked in the middle of the war. The heavy loss of life, then and there, had been relatively acceptable. But Dresden was bombed late in the war, and it was widely realized even at the time that it was not of much significance to the enemy war effort."

Tags:Walter, Weidauer, Nazi, fascists, communists, Third, Reich

Abstract
The Dresden Philharmonic orchestra performed at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on February 20, 2008 in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, the orchestra performed both it and the composer's Piano Concerto No. 5. The author of the paper critiques the performance both in terms of his own personal response, the general audience reaction, the performance of the orchestra and the strength of the composition.

From the Paper
"The final movement leading up to the coda carries a genuine sense of closure that is unique for a piece of classical music. We can sense the buildup of the piece and know that the ending is not just a pause in between movements but an actual finale. Beethoven uses a series of repetitive melodies layered upon each other to accomplish the buildup. Notes progress in ascending order and therefore leave the listener feeling joyous. Beethoven's 5th symphony is not a somber one. Composed in the early nineteenth century, the piece reflects the transformations taking place throughout Europe and in all of Western civilization. The social and cultural revolutions in France and the United States made democracy the new model for government. A spirit of optimism and independence became engendered in the lives of most people. Music like Beethoven's reflects that spirit."

Tags:beethoven liszt weber, hungarian rhapsody, fifth symphony, melody movements elements conductor violin instrument

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This paper discusses the life and works of Gottfried Semper who was a nineteenth century German architect. It specifically analyzes the first and second Dresden Hoftheater designs that he created. It discusses Semper's major contributions to architecture, both as a theorist and as an architect. The paper includes some pictures of his designs.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Gottfried Semper
Dresden Hoftheater

From the Paper
"Semper made major contributions to architecture both as a theorists and as an architect. His career was divided by his time outside of Germany, but his most notable structures were created and built in Germany. His second design for the Hoftheater can be seen to this day, for the structure is still in existence and still used as an opera house, benefiting not only from Semper's exterior designs but from the interior and the elements that Semper added to the stage in relation to the audience."

Tags:structures, theorist, Germany

Abstract
Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier during World War II, who is taken prisoner by the Germans and is present for the destructive bombing of Dresden. This paper looks at how, through a psychological lens, Billy appears to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as many veterans of war do. The paper examines how, after witnessing the nonstop horrors of war, Billy attempts to assimilate back into life and how he displays nearly all of the indicators of PTSD, including reliving the war, emotional numbness, dissociative states where he believes he is time traveling, and significant impairment in social and work situations.

From the Paper
"Perhaps the most noteworthy event of Billy's war experience is the bombing of Dresden, killing 135,000 people. During the night of the raid, Billy and the other American prisoners retreat down into a safe meat locker in the slaughterhouse they are being imprisoned in. "The rest of the guards had, before the raid began, gone to the comforts of their own homes in Dresden. They were all being killed with their families...the girls that Billy had seen naked were all being killed, too, in a much shallower shelter in another part of the stockyards" (Vonnegut, 226). When emerging from their shelter later the next day, it was discovered that "Everybody else in the neighborhood was dead" (Vonnegut, 227). For Billy, this definitely qualifies as "direct personal experience of an event that involves actual death" (APA). Being present for such a horrific massacre has a major impact on Billy's ability to function normally during his later life. He is one of the lucky few that survives the attack."

Tags:mental, disorder, war, dresden, prisoners

Abstract
This paper discusses the book, "Slaughterhouse Five" written by Kurt Vonnegut , depicting his experiences in World War II. The paper describes Vonnegut's usage of the Dresden bombing as a backdrop to his anti-war novel. The paper examines how the experience of living through this attack turned Vonnegut into a pacifist and motivated him to write this novel.

From the Paper
"As a member of what has been called the "greatest generation", Kurt Vonnegut set out to write a novel about his experiences in World War II, which would stand as an unsympathetic depiction of the Dresden bombing. He achieved this goal in what is considered his greatest novel. Written in the turbulent year of 1969, it is an account of other turbulent times. The year 1969 sees the United States involved in what has become a very unpopular war. After the Tet Offensive the prior year, public opinion has turned against the war, but the killing will continue for several more years. On the domestic front, the civil rights movement has culminated in a frenzy of political assassinations and riots."

Tags:billy, dresden, war

Abstract
This paper looks at floods in general, their possible causes and general impact. The paper then takes a look at the 2002 flood that drowned Dresden and Prague, in particular, and explains that this flood greatly illustrates both the severity and impact of river floods and that of the changing climate. The paper also briefly touches on the media coverage at the time.

From the Paper
"Most simply put, the cause of river flood disasters is rainfall. River floods normally result directly or indirectly from climatological events, such as excessive or prolonged rainfall, snowmelt, or a combination of the two. Therefore, most floods occur in spring and early summer, during the periods of snow- and icemelt. Other factors may be ice jams, landslides or the failure of dams and control works. Floods in river valleys occur as a result of a rapidly increased stream flow that exceeds the streams capacity and overspills. Meanwhile, the water-table may rise above the ground surface, when upstream river basins were already saturated from earlier rains. This is often the precursor for overspilling as the ground can no longer absorb the excess water. In urban areas, flooding often results from overspilling but may also be a result of surcharged stormwater drains."

Tags:Dresden, Prague, Elbe, Oder

Abstract
Kurt Vonnegut's novel, "Slaughterhouse Five", focuses on Billy Pilgrim, a war veteran who uses time and space travel to escape the haunting memories of his experience at Dresden. Pilgrim creates a planet known as Tralfamadore, an imaginary world. The inhabitants of this planet, the Tralfamadorians, introduce him to a deterministic universe. This paper focuses on the impact of adopting such an approach to life with supporting remarks from various critics.

From the Paper
"Pilgrim, the protagonist, finds the Tralfamadorian's philosophy appealing and adopts a perspective of life where his actions are meaningless in changing fate. This is a passive reaction to life's various problems, issues and events as they free the person of responsibility. The Tralfamadorian's philosophy that "all moments, past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist" is a derivative of Pilgrim's changing mind-set (Vonnegut 27). Because of this philosophy, Pilgrim develops an apathetic characteristic that he uses to shrug off "meaningless" moments. Furthermore, the philosophy brings about the sacrifice of free will that allows him to see the beauty behind a determinist perspective."

Tags:pilgrim, war, dresden

Abstract
This paper explains that Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five" has been deemed too violent by certain schools to allow children to read it. The author points out that this novel draws upon Vonnegut's own experience in World War Two, when as a very young infantry scout, he was captured in the Battle of the Bulge and quartered in a Dresden slaughterhouse where he witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden. The paper concludes that Vonnegut keeps on repeating and repeating the theme of the absurdity, stupidity and uselessness of war, which makes understanding this novel even more important. The paper includes several quotations.

From the Paper
"While the author has experienced a time in his life when violence was a daily occurrence, he, like Billy Pilgrim experiences them sporadically, as those who suffer with Post Traumatic Syndrome do, except that the author has chosen these flashbacks carefully. Some believe the narration is linear, as Billy's life is told in one long line. But the line of narration is broken by the recall of violent events of the war, each time taking up the narrative at the point where the previous war story ended. The war permeates the thought and storyline, in spite of Vonnegut's trying to escape its power."

Tags:billy, wwii, narration, repetition, soldier