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1922-2007
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Family History Father successful architect Mother daughter of prosperous brewer Really bad news- Prohibition & Depression Father’s career ends with Depression Kurt Jr. attends Cornell University- biology/chemistry 1941-Joins the army at 20 Education Cornell University-failing Attended Carnegie Mellon & Univ of Tennessee for the Army to become mechanical engineer 1967-Univ. of Univ. of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop- returns to Dresden to research for Slaughterhouse Five 1971-Earns master’s degree for Cat’s Cradle
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“The Dresden atrocity, tremendously expensive and meticulously planned, was so meaningless, finally, that only one person on the entire planet got any benefit from it. I am that person. I wrote this book, which earned a lot of money for me and made my reputation, such as it is. One way or another, I got two or three dollars for every person killed. Some business I'm in.”
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December 25, 1944 - 4,000 Americans captured Vonnegut captured and sent to Dresden to package medical supplies in the basement of a slaughterhouse Hitler’s last battle Drive wedge between Americans and British forces Subzero temps plus driving snow Allies surprised by attack Bloodiest battle every fought by Americans American stats- 19,000 killed 47,500 wounded 23,000 POW/MIA
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February 13-15, 1945 British and Americans bomb Dresden-tornado of heat and fire Hospital city for wounded German troops 3,400 tons of explosive dropped by 800 American and British aircraft-one bomb for every 2 people Temperature 1,000-2,000 degree Fahrenheit Death by fire or suffocation Causalities: 260,000 counted but 500,000 never located
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