Ostragehege is a multi-use sports venue in

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. Key buildings of the venue include the Heinz-Steyer-Stadion and the

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stadium of the

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(or ''Dresden ice lions''). The stadium was the primary aiming point for

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squadron during the Dresden bombings of February 1945. Bomb runs were timed and direction calculated to fan out from this point, causing massive devastation and a fire-storm which killed tens of thousands of event watchers.Taylor, Frederick. ''Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945'', London: Bloomsbury, . p.280 The slaughterhouse on the site was where

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was imprisoned in 1945, and where he set his novel ''

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