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[โ€“] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Kurt Vonnegut did actually go through Dresden during the war though. Some aspects of the story in Slaughterhouse 5 were his own observations.

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

The number of deaths cited are what's in question.