Surgery

First aid (1), aerial forces

The Luxembourg air defense had already prepared the population for the coming war.

The air-raid shelters of the Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB), founded in 1933, were to prepare the civilian population in the National Socialist state by practicing protective measures for the aerial war. Since 1935, the population was required by law to participate in the training events of the RLB. The standard equipment for air raid shelters included, among other things, a first-aid kit produced by various manufacturers in accordance with the requirements of the RLB.

In May 1940 Hitler Germany occupied the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. As the likelihood of Allied air raids on Luxembourg widened, people were advised to help themselves:

All residents who have ordered a first aid kit from the local organization of the German Red Cross can now pick up this first aid kit from the pharmacy in Aulner, where the order has been placed every household and replaces the medicine chest completely.It is indispensable for the first aid in bad luck and especially for the provision of air-raid protection "(Escher Tageblatt, 6.2.1942).

Exhibit

Metal case 35 x 19 x 10.5 cm with one-sided handle. In the lid extensive list of contents and the corresponding application; stamped "1943". In particular, the box contained dressing and ointment material in the event of an attack with phosphorus incendiary bombs.

not to be confused with the "small LS medicine chest"

Lit.: https://www.uni-marburg.de/fb16/igphmr/files/poster1.pdf