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January, 2012
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8th model train fair
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012SemperOperaBall Dresden, 2012
Sunday, January 15th, 2012![Semperoper-dresden-opernball2012 in [lang_de]SemperOpernball Dresden, 2012[/lang_de] [lang_en]SemperOperaBall Dresden, 2012[/lang_en]](http://www.dresdenwalks.com/wp-content/gallery/dresdenwalks-illu/semperoper-dresden-opernball2012.jpg)
The year 2012 starts with a spectacular event in Dresden. We are celebrating the SemperOpernball (Semper Opera House ball) on Friday, 20th January.
The ball was already celebrated in the 1920’s and 30’s and it was relaunched in 2006 on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Dresden. And it has since been one of the highlights in the city and it’s also a famous get-together of Germany’s high society.
The prom takes place in the Semper Opera House. The opening program starts at 9 PM and takes about 90 minutes. A program with high quality music is presented to the audience by our Saxon State Orchestra and the world’s best opera singers. Moreover an order is awarded to people who rendered outstanding services to charitable purposes, this year to Roger Moore amongst others.
The ball is opened at 10.30 PM by Stanislaw Tillich, the Prime Minister of Saxony, and the opening waltz.
Those who had no chance to get a ticket to the Opera Ball can celebrate and dance on the Theater Square in front of the Opera House. The opening program and the ball are broadcasted live on big screens.
A.W.
UNDER ATTACK – London/Coventry/Dresden
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012![Verkehrsmuseum-dresden in [lang_de]UNDER ATTACK – London/Coventry/Dresden[/lang_de] [lang_en]UNDER ATTACK – London/Coventry/Dresden [/lang_en]](http://www.dresdenwalks.com/wp-content/gallery/dresdenwalks-illu/verkehrsmuseum-dresden.jpg)
Local traffic and the Blitz
Since 11th November 2011 the Dresden Transport Museum shows a special exhibition telling the history of the Blitz from the perspective of local public transport in the three fatefully connected cities.
The role of local public transport during World War II and the years of difficult postwar reconstruction is represented here by means of various touching contemporary documents and testimonials of personal experience. Special focus is given to the effects of aerial attack on local public transport and thus on people’s everyday lives.
With emphasis on five topics, the exhibition shows similarities and differences among the cities of London, Coventry and Dresden, thus explaining how the transport companies and their staff could keep the system running during that time.
Today the physical effects of the area bombardments have largely vanished. However, the remembrance of the aerial attacks remain vivid in the public and form the identity of the affected cities.
The bilingual exhibition (German/English) was opened at the London Transport Museum in 2010 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Blitz (the start of the air raids on England) and the 65th anniversary of the Dresden bombing. The exhibition has attracted a high number of visitors until March 2011.
It can still be seen until 15th April 2012 and there are many interesting talks, discussions and guided tours during the supporting programme of the exhibition: http://www.verkehrsmuseum-dresden.de/index.php?page=139.
Katharina
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