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L A Fires - Such Community Spirit......
So heart warming to see these neighbours helping each other move their belongings out.
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Some of the looters apparently "dressed up" as firefighters.
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Tragedies and disasters bring out the best and the worst in people all over the world. Looting bombed houses was common in the Blitz, thieves disguising themselves as ARP wardens to smash in to shops and homes to rob. ""Hang A Looter And Stop This Filthy Crime!" exhorted the Daily Mirror in November 1940."
It's a sad indictment of humanity.
London in WW2:
"People today often have a rose-tinted view of wartime life. The idea that looting took place is usually met with incredulity. However looting was widespread during the Blitz and after. In the four months to the end of 1940, 4,584 cases of looting were prosecuted in the Old Bailey. Bombed-out Londoners often returned to the ruins of their houses to find them stripped of all surviving furniture and valuables. The culprits might come from all walks of life including even air wardens, firemen and other members of the home defence forces. Looters could become manic in their pursuit of spoils. When a well-known London nightclub took a direct bomb hit and many customers were killed, the rescuers had to struggle through hordes of looters fighting to get to the bodies first and strip them of rings, necklaces and other booty."
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