German historian provokes row over war photos

German historian provokes row over war photos

Luke Harding in Berlin
Tuesday October 21, 2003
The Guardian

A controversial German historian is at the centre of a row over his latest
book which includes gruesome photos of German civilians killed by allied
bombing during the second world war.
Jörg Friedrich defended the decision yesterday to publish the photographs
showing the incinerated bodies of German women and children, most of them
killed by British bombs.

His book, Fire Sites, published at last week's Frankfurt Book Fair, argues
that the RAF's relentless bombing campaign against German cities in the
last months of the war served no military purpose.

He claims that Winston Churchill's decision to bomb a shattered Germany
between January and May 1945 was a war crime.

"The bombing left an entire generation traumatised.

But it was never discussed," he told the Guardian. snip

http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/ar...067259,00.html

Another one.

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