1997 Interview with Maria Ivanovich, survivor of the murderous Allied bombing of Dresden

You said you were in Dresden during the bombing of February 14, 1945. Can you tell me what you saw and how you came to Dresden?

Maria: Yes, I was born in Russia in 1923, when the Germans invaded, we at first were scared but soon learned they had no evil intentions against us. In 1943, there was a large recruiting drive in Smolensk to go to Germany for wo…