Chemnitz contemporary witnesses: Marianne Müller
We lived in Theaterstrasse opposite the bunker, where we spent most of the time during the air raid. I had to go to bed at 7pm in the evening. I got up again at 9 pm. Alarm. Take my suitcase. Run from the 4th floor to the cellar or bunker. People were standing outside the bunker. Everything was overcrowded. There were already the first casualties. The bombs were already falling. Panic broke out. This went on for days and nights. After three hours, soldiers, air-raid wardens, all the men had to get out. After three hours the alarm was over. When we were allowed out, a lot had been destroyed. It was burning everywhere. Our flat was also destroyed. 4th floor. No roof over our heads. We tried to make one room habitable. The damp and cold gave me rheumatoid arthritis and I couldn't go to school for a year.
My dad was in the police force and warned us in good time when planes were approaching.
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