The rainbow never sets

station of Posen, not far from the impact.

After that bomb Posen received its first air raid sirens. They were installed on top of the blocks of flats at strategic corners. Cellars had to be cleared and fortified with sand bags and places prepared for people to sit. From then on we too knew that there was a war on. Many times the wailing of the sirens woke us, and we had to go into the cellar. Sometimes we would stay there for an hour or longer, until the 'all clear' came, a continuous high sound. Next day at school we would be bleary eyed and rather tired, but school always went on as if nothing had happened.

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