Raditional Human Chain News Today

Numerous events are due to be held in Dresden on Tuesday to commemorate the destruction of the eastern German city in World War II 78 years ago. With the traditional human chain through the historic centre and across the river Elbe, politicians and society want to send a particularly strong signal for peace and democracy this year. A large number of protests against the appropriation of the anniversary by right-wing extremists have once again been announced, with the police saying they are prepa

Thousands of people formed a human chain in Dresden on Tuesday evening to commemorate the destruction of the eastern German city in World War II 79 years ago. People joined hands at 6 pm (1700 GMT) and stood in silence as the city's church bells rang out. Participants were remembering the victims of the allied attack on Dresden on February 13, 1945, but also the victims of German bombs in 1940 in its English twin city Coventry. The human chain, which has been a tradition on this day of reme...