Figure 1.--Thousands of British families were bombed out by the Blitz. Often families lost everything. We Blitz These English sv=chool boys during World War II are collecting toys for the evacuee and biombed out children. What Hitler did not understand is that battles and wars were not won by knocking down houses.

All kinds of collections were organized to provide clothes for the civilians that lost everything when their homes were destroyed. Some were killed if they had stayed in the home. Others in backyard shelters or who had gone to public bomb shelters like the Tube and then returned to find their home destroyed. There were even collections to provide toys for the children. Churches and schools were active in the collections. The need was so great we expect municipal autorities got involvd, but we have few details. Much of what was collected was distributed through the clothing banks set up by the WVS.

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