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AHarveyH180914.mp3
Harold Harvey was a child in Washingborough during the Second World War. He witnessed the construction of airfields around his home and could hear and observe the aircraft departing on operations. One November evening he and his mother and sister…

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Angelo Bernabè is awarded Lire 12,700 as compensation for wartime damage of his belongings.

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OBernabeA36595-180902-01.pdf
Bernabè Angelo bombing survivor card issued after the 15 August 1943 Milan bombing. ' Angelo and his dependents have been evacuated to Sant'Angelo Lodigiano and have received 75 lire as cash benefit.

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ETroglio[Fam]TroglioP440418.pdf
Giulio Troglio is worried about the long silence of his on Paolo Troglio while he's held at Nidda prisoner of war camp in Germany. The situation is difficult to endure for mother who worries a lot. Stresses the difficulty of send him parcels, hopes…

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Patricia’s family lived in a 500 year old thatched cottage in Waddington. There was a bakery in the grounds, which had been started by her grandparents. Patricia’s father joined the Royal Flying Corp and one of her earliest memories was of him…

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EGortonLCMMorganG-[Mo]410709.pdf
She writes about arrangements for her wedding to Harold Gorton.

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EGortonHMorganG410714.pdf
Leading Aircraftman Harold Gorton writes to his sister-in-law to be about arrangements for his wedding to Lilian Morgan.

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EGortonHGortonLCM440921.pdf
He writes of his social activities.

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EGortonHGortonLCM440919.pdf
He writes of his flying over Nottingham and activities at RAF Fiskerton.

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EGortonHGortonLCM440915.pdf
He writes about purchasing a new cooker for their house.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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