During World War Two 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Alliedbombs a good number almost entirely flattened. Six hundred thousand Germancivilians died... » 

During World War Two 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Alliedbombs a good number almost entirely flattened. Six hundred thousand Germancivilians dieda figure twice that of all American war casualties. Seven and ahalf million Germans were left homeless. Given the astonishing scope of thedevastation W. G. Sebald asks why does the subject occupy so little space inGermanys cultural memory? On the Natural History of Destruction probes deeplyinto this ominous silence. «