The wish to rebuild the Frauenkirche existed since the day of its collapse. After the end of WWI, however, neither the Church in the State of Saxony nor the city of Dresden had the funds, let alone technical or personnel resources to launch the rebuilding project on their own. Nevertheless, the Church in the State of Saxony and the State Office of Monument Preservation favoured the rebuilding scheme.   As eary as one year after the end of WWII, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the State of Saxony launched a donation campaign. The State Office of Monument Preservation carried out first investigations towards a potential archaeological reconstruction based on as-built documentation drawn up in the course of restoration work during WWII.   However, the political conditions in the then GDR did no permit continuation of the commenced work. Several times there was even the threat of complete clearing of the ruin. It was only in the late 1980s that renowned personalities came out for rebuilding the Frauenkirche and started to collect donations.