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Minna P's account of the events at Königstor 9, Weinberg bunker.

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Karl Nolde's account of the events at Losse power station.

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Wilhelmine K's account of the events at Hohenzollernstraße 58.

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Anna K's account of the events at Wittichstraße 49.

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Ludwig B's account of the events at Wolfhager Straße 176 (rescue centre), Hohentor-straße 19.

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Karl Kniese's account of the events at Wolfhager Straße 11, train station in the lower town.

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Heinrich von der E's account of the events at Fischgasse 10.

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Two accounts of the events at Wolfhager Straße 38.

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Anna D's account of the events at Hohenzollernstraße nos. 137 ½ and 139, Wehlheider Straße 6.

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Katharina Sch and Otto Pfromm's account of the events at Klosterstraße 6 and Wildemannsgasse 11.

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Bernard Mabey was born in London and experienced the Blitz at first hand. He was a member of the Air Training Corps in 1941 before volunteering for the RAF. He trained as an air frame mechanic at RAF Locking. His first posting was RAF Marston Moor…

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Joan Watson went to Bracebridge School and then worked at Ruddock’s of Lincoln as a printer. Joan discusses evacuees, the bombing war, home font (local men doing fire watching at work), and social life in wartime: dancing, cinema and gatherings.…

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Sybil was born in Bracebridge near Lincoln, she went to Bracebridge School then left at fourteen to work first at a Co-op store and then at and electric shop. Sybil talks about civilian life in wartime, her family working at Foster Quinns, fire…

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Gottlieb Sunkel and August Lehnebach's account of the events at the Civic Centre.

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Otto Kappel's account of the events at Wildemannsgasse 24, Fisch-gasse.

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Andreas N's account of the events at the City Cleaning Department, Franzgraben 85.

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Erich Thom and Karl B's account of the events at Mombachstraße 10/12 (abattoir)/Leipziger Straße 79.

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

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

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