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APayneTP160204.mp3
Thomas was born in Hemel Hempstead in 1925, one of four children and lived in a row of terraced houses with very basic sanitation. The end property was a public house with no gas or electricity, with only paraffin lamps and candles. His first…

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Peter Stevenson was born in Grantham and joined the Air League of the British Empire as well as the Air Defence Cadet Corps, The Officer’s Training Corps and the Public School’s Air Cadet Wing. He rose through the cadet ranks and embarked on…

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Ernst Exner's account of the events at Kastenalsgasse 5.

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Grete G's account of the events at Große Rosenstraße 9.

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Elisabeth Sch's account of the events at Jägerstraße 9 and 5.

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August Keppler's account of the events at Obere Karlsstraße 12/14 (Old Townhall, Public Welfare Office).

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Wilhelm Galenbeck and Karl Bunge's account of the events at Obere Karlsstraße 18, Karlsplatz 2 (Youth Welfare Offices and print shop).

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Gustav H's account of the events at Schlößchen Schönfeld, city plant nursery near Schönfeld Park, Hinter der Waage 9.

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Heinrich O's account of the events at Ständeplatz 16 ½ (Department for Economic Affairs), Brüderstraße 14.

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Heinrich Stöppler's account of the events at Franzgraben 85 (Municipal Cleaning Department).

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Kitty Michel's account of the events at Platz der SA (Housing Inspectorate), old Lutheran church am Graben.

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BGortonIGortonHv2.pdf
Describes in detail air raid shelters, rationing, shopping,the absence of traffic and school life. There is a description of the Gorton extended family complete with a family tree. Harold Gorton met Lilian Carmen Mary Morgan, at Oxford university.…

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Heinz Grässel's account of the events at Holländische Straße 21.

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Staff Sergeant Otto St's account of the events at Moltkestraße 7.

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Oskar Spieß's account of the events at Jägerstraße 1.

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Emil E's account of the events at Schäfergasse 21, Müllergasse, Pferdemarkt.

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Reinhold Sch's account of the events at Frankfurter Straße 26/28 (Municipal Police Department), Engelhardstraße 8.

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Max Bartels's account of the events at Lossestraße 14 (Losse [power] plant).

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Heinrich West's account of the events at Mauerstraße 13/15. Gießbergstraße.

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Andreas H and Emma H's account of the events at Schomburgstraße 10 (Rheinischer Hof Hotel), Bahnhofstraße 19 and Lutherplatz 7.

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Fritz Hundhausen's account of the events at Essiggasse 6 (Inn ‘Stadt Frankfurt’), air raid shelter at the Karl Hospital.

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Auguste Müller's account of the events at Turmgasse 4/Königsplatz 36 ½ (Wiedersichscher Keller), Königsplatz.

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APetenatiJ180622.mp3
Jutta Petenati recollects her wartime life in Berlin while she was a young girl. She recounts various episodes: the black market; removing incendiary bombs from her house; seeking shelter in an underground train station instead of her house basement,…

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EGortonHGortonLCM440614.pdf
He writes of arranging accommodation for his wife’s arrival at Spalford.

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EGortonHGortonLCM440912.pdf
He writes of a journey through Birmingham and of domestic arrangements.

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