Like so many other German cities it had been destroyed by the heavy bombing of the Allied forces during the war. As I gazed, horrified, at the ruins, I suddenly saw the great spire of Cologne Cathedral rising undamaged from the rubble of the surrounding buildings. To me it was a message symbolizing the ultimate power of good over evil. At the same time, the once beautiful city, reduced to ruins because one man’s lust for power had plunged Europe into a brutal war, was a compelling reminder of human evil.
