DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germans on Thursday commemorate 75 years since Allied bombing raids on Dresden killed 25,000 people just three months before the end of World War Two in an operation that still fuels the surging support for the far right to this day.
In a city where resentment over what neo-Nazis call the "bombing holocaust" lingers, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will address a sombre ceremony which includes the lighting of candles and formation of a human chain to remember victims.
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