Tag Archives: dresden

a christmas special, bombing and babies

Posted on December 21, 2023 by jonathan trustram

I have had to hunt for this image from a photograph I took in 2012 in a gallery in Siena. Years ago I copied/uploaded it from my computer onto Photobox and used prints from their site make christmas cards. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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a time for national reflection

Posted on November 9, 2023 by jonathan trustram

Often as the Bakerloo line train from Oxford Circus to Waterloo stopped at Charing Cross I have looked out through the windows at the posters which line the platform in an impressive display advertising the National Gallery and the National … Continue reading →

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Olympus 3 Dracunculus, tortoise, the monastery, Dresden, garden notes, etc.

Posted on February 6, 2021 by jonathan trustram

Just outside Litochoro, right by the road, I came across a dracunculus – literally little dragon. When you’ve only ever seen something once it takes on special importance. I was driving slowly but you’d see it even if you flashed … Continue reading →

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more on Germany and the war

Posted on December 18, 2016 by jonathan trustram

(see also remembering and forgetting, the bombing of Dresden Victor Klemperer tells the story of a woman who worked alongside him in the factory – but first I should explain that the handful of Jews who remained in Dresden were not … Continue reading →

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more on Dresden

Posted on December 18, 2016 by jonathan trustram

I left off in the Gemalde Gallerie.   It’s not crowded. It’s not too big. Like the city, it’s full of surprises. Here’s the rest of the painting by Cranach which includes the man with the spectacular trousers, who seems … Continue reading →

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photos from Germany (hear the truth whoever speaks it)

Posted on October 23, 2016 by jonathan trustram

The Jewish college opposite the Jewish museum in Berlin. The quotation is from Maimonides, the Jewish philosopher whose fairly harmonious life in Muslim Andalucia has become a model for our times: The people of Berlin recently voted in a referendum … Continue reading →

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remembering and forgetting, the bombing of Dresden

Posted on October 23, 2016 by jonathan trustram

‘I had to leave there in a hurry       I only saw what they let me see’ Bob Dylan, Trying to Get to Heaven (before they close the door) It depends where and when you begin. 1940, shortly before … Continue reading →

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