Ostragehege is a multi-use sports venue in
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
,
Germany
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. Key buildings of the venue include the
Heinz-Steyer-Stadion and the
ice hockey
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stadium of the
Dresdner Eislöwen (or ''Dresden ice lions''). The stadium was the primary aiming point for
No. 5 Group RAF 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 human beings.
[Taylor, Frederick. ''Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945'', London: Bloomsbury, . p.280]
The slaughterhouse on the site was where
Kurt Vonnegut
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was imprisoned in 1945, and where he set his novel ''
Slaughterhouse-Five
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''.
See also
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Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
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Bombing of Dresden in World War II
The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American Area bombardment, aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy ...
Footnotes
History of sport in East Germany
Football venues in Germany
Buildings and structures in Dresden
Tourist attractions in Dresden
Sports venues in Saxony
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