Past Provides Backdrop to Dresden Anti-Islamization Marches

The bells of Dresden’s Frauenkirche ring out across the city’s central square, which is ringed by stunning baroque buildings glinting in the winter sun. Horse-and-carriage tours take tourists through the picturesque cobbled lanes. Dresden was destroyed in World War II; its beauty was restored after the German reunification. In the last few months, the city has become a political battleground. tens of thousands of Germans have gathered regularly to protest what they see as the...

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