from The Art Newspaper
Nazi photo archive goes online
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A clear case of how historical records, even those with a "negative" association, could be used for a greater good in time to come. In this case, it was the merticulous (or some would say, manic) documentation by a criminal regime that, because it was preserved, became the critical source for visual records aiding the restoration of the historic cathedral in Dresden (see previous BBC news item).