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They printed their images in a dark room that Zlozower improvised in a bomb shelter tucked into his parents’ house, then sold the best ones at Aron’s Records on Melrose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Dalit recalls how her eldest son, Uri, turned nine on 7 October 2023 - when they spent the day hiding in their bomb shelter.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Kyselova, an arts-and-crafts teacher, considers it a lucky day, even though she has just taught eight lessons in a bomb shelter, because her friend got two tickets for the musical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

After breakfast I washed out my handkerchief, packed it back into my nose, and went out to the bomb shelter.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos


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