A small example would be the main church of Dresden[1], in what was Eastern Germany. Destroyed by the allied bombings of 1945, it was left as rubble[2] in the m

A small example would be the main church of Dresden[1], in what was Eastern Germany. Destroyed by the allied bombings of 1945, it was left as rubble[2] in the middle of town all through communist rule. The rebuild was completed in 2005. Rebuilding entire cities is another thing altogether. And even if there is a new city built where the old one was standing, so much history has been lost. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirche,_Dresden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirche,_Dresden [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirche,_Dresden#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-60015-0002,_Dresden,_Denkmal_Martin_Luther,_Frauenkirche,_Ruine.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirche,_Dresden#/media/F...