13 February 2021, Saxony, Dresden: Michael Kretschmer (CDU, r), Prime Minister of Saxony, and Dirk Hilbert (FDP), Lord Mayor of the City of Dresden, stand holding white roses during a flower-laying ceremony on the 76th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden in World War II at a memorial on the Altmarkt square to commemorate the victims of the bombing of Dresden. On February 13 and 14, 1945, Allied bombers reduced the center of the city on the Elbe to rubble. Up to 25,000 people lost their lives. On this 13th February, the city of Dresden refrains from the traditional commemoration of the destruction during the Second World War. Because of the Corona pandemic, the program for Saturday has been reduced to a minimum. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa