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The East End received its fair share of suffering
during the Second World War (1939-1945), particularly during
the Blitz.
When air raid sirens sounded on 3 March 1943, 1,500 people made their
way to the shelter at Bethnal Green tube station. However, as they entered,
defence rockets that sounded like bombs started firing in nearby Victoria
Park and caused panic.
A woman carrying a baby tripped on the stairs and some people fell on
top of her. Other people trying to get into the shelter continued pushing
from outside. Within a minute and a half, over 170 people had died of
suffocation. The incident was the worst civilian disaster of the war.
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