I was watching a WWII documentary and it was showing images of occupied and bombed out French cities. When this happened, where did the citizens of these cities live? Were there areas in France and Germany that didn't have much fighting so refugee camps could be set up? Or did they maybe stay in the cities and hope the didn't fall victim to a stray bullet or collapsing, structurally unstable building?
Well. In a lot of cases they stayed where they could. If there was money or family connections they might have traveled to safer areas such as the country, much like Londoners during the Blitz. The poorer citizens, however, remained in their front line cities, hiding in basements and subways hoping for the best.