>>507270049When I see these pictures I understand the real tragedy.
Look at those buildings. Bombed and burned out. And yet despite being multiple stories high the walls are still standing. That is a fucking amazing achievement of engineering, construction, and design, for buildings built in a time long before air bombardment and high caliber artillery existed.
To me it speaks of a high point in civilization, which ironically produced the forces that contributed to its steady decline ever since.