Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. It is most infamous for being the target of substantial aerial bombing by the British and the Americans during World War II.

Dresden in The Man With the Iron Heart
Despite the fact that Anglo-American forces had leveled Dresden, it was occupied by the Soviet Union after World War II. NKVD captain Vladimir Bokov visited Dresden in the fall of 1945. A battle-hardened veteran, Bokov was nonetheless disturbed by what remained of the city.