He was sent to Dresden to be executed on the day the bombing began. A combination photo shows the statue of German religious reformer Martin Luther in front of the ruins of the Frauenkirche ...

Dresden was the site of several bombing campaigns, including the infamous February 1945 air raids that saw the Allies drop 4,000 bombs, leaving the city center in ruins and killing 25,000 people.

Dresden was a stop on one of those multi-city ... However, it was destroyed by Allied bombing of the city during World War II ...