Another occupation became collecting shrapnel in the morning. I believe that shrapnel was an anti-personnel weapon developed by an English Lieutenant of the Royal Artillery in the eighteenth century and used extensively in the First World War. One shell contained numerous bullets, which were released in flight. During the Second World War, the term was commonly used for the pieces of fractured metal from ordinary shells which could fall from the sky when they exploded. This shrapnel is dangerous even if it doesn’t hit anyone because it can have extremely sharp edges. I was strictly prohibited from picking up shrapnel fallen in the night, but I did it anyway, trying to keep it secret. It seemed to be something from another world, and I tried to be careful.
