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Miss Clara A's account of the events at Heckershäuser Straße 10 and Main Cemetery.

Clara H's account of the events at Moltkestraße nos. 12 and 7.

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1. Photograph titled 'Greetings from Coleby V.A.C'. A wide pathway runs from bottom right to top left with prefabricated one story buildings either side. To the right trees. A group of people are standing in the foreground on the edge of the…

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Instructions how to deal with a new type of small incendiary the Royal Air Force started to use. Advice includes: do not use water; put all the incendiaries in a hole dug in the ground; ask the assistance of the Unione Nazionale Protezione Antiaerea…

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Propaganda leaflet aimed at German-speaking population
Page 1 outlines further reductions in civilian food rations in Germany and lists the causes. The second page compares the rationing experienced in World War 1 with that in World War 2.

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Magazine containing foreword by the Queen of the Netherlands as well as: news about war progress; the Dutch Royal family; European resistance movements; why the German Blitzkrieg on Russia failed; Dutch flyers; church resistance; Malta surviving air…

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Good character reference for Derrick Allen after being laid off due to lack of work for company in wartime.

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Top - a room with welsh dresser against far wall and sideboard to the right and chair to the left. In the foreground a folding table. Bottom - a room with bookcase and standard lamp in the centre. There is a fireplace to the right and part of an…

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A diary entry taken from an album page.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

Dorothea P and Martha St's account of the events at Franziskusstraße 1, Wildemannsgasse 30.

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A formal group of 34 men arranged in four rows. In the second image each man is named in a printed caption.

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Eight women arranged in two rows in front of a hay stack. On the reverse 'W.L.A. 1947 2nd (Left) front Gladys Marston (nee Monks)'.

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Mrs Elfriede N's account of the events at Friedrichsplatz 3, Obere Karlstraße 17/19 (Bürgersäle).

Elisabeth G's account of the events at Ständeplatz 13.

Elisabeth K's account of the events at Graben nos. 6 and 2.

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

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

Emilie Niemeyer's account of the events at Hafenstraße 37.

Emmy O's account of the events at Königsplatz (post office), Ziegengasse 13.

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In a town square, a figure in priest's clothes approaches a partisan who is brandishing a sub-machine gun. Two other figures in uniform are featured on the right hand side. Three Italian flags are visible on a bell tower with a clock.

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

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Flight Sergeant Frank Waters is reunited with his wife Kathleen at a secret location on 21 March 1945 after he had been released from prisoner of war camp by advancing Russian forces. Recently married, Kathleen Waters had been lodging with the Carter…

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A public information leaflet published by Civil Defence. It gives information about the scheme to evacuate children to safer areas.

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Four pairs of cartoon figures, all girls. Top right: two hockey players, top left: two girls whispering together. Bottom left: two girls hand-in-hand, both wearing school type uniform and hats. Bottom right: two girls fighting. Captioned…
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