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Cathy Quinlan-Flatter
Journalist and historian specializing in wartime experiences of German civilians, particularly bombing campaigns and WWI history in the Karlsruhe and Ettlingen regions.
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Jul 14, 2026
Episode 72 Karlsruhe: Life Under the Bombs, with Kathy Quinlan-Flatter
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James JeffriesHOST
What do those sources tell us about the raids themselves, and perhaps more importantly, what they reveal about the civilian experience during and immediately after the attacks?
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12:58So I looked at police reports from four Karlsruhe police precincts for the night of September 2nd, 1942, which is called the Night of Fire.
C
13:10And this is not the worst attack, but it is one of the worst attacks.
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13:16And the list of emergency services is were out on the streets battling the fire and helping the population were just, I think I found 18 different emergency services, including what was called the self-protection service, the self-defense services, which were basically the population themselves when the other services were overwhelmed.
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13:41So I'll just go through those precinct reports, if that's okay, very quickly.
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