Pursuits
Flood-Hit Albertinum Reopens With Deluge-Proof Depot in Dresden
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The Elbe flood in 2002 produced some indelible images:
Dresden, suddenly looking like Venice, its baroque palaces partially submerged. Gerhard Schroeder, in the throes of campaigning for his second term as German chancellor, wading through town in gumboots. Curators working against the clock to rescue priceless pictures from sodden museum cellars.