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The Trümmerfrauen

thanked the State of Germany to rubble women with poor health care.
with low pensions and too little attention. To all women
debris, you have to thank our present-day Germany to ver.
We are and may you never forget!
Where would we be today without you. Thanks to you brave women.

documentary images from the movie "The ruins of Berlin women" by Hans Dieter Grabe (1968).

Trümmerfrauen
The "rubble women" are a symbol of the will to rebuild and the survival power of the Germans made in the postwar period. Without their hard work the German cities for a long time would have been rubbish dumps, without their tireless work, the survival of the families had not been secured.

The concern for survival drives many women volunteered for debris removal, because it guarantees in addition to wages, higher food rations. The heavy physical work will be rewarded with the better category II in the 5-speed authorization system of food rations, while "non-working housewives get only category V. Many women are in urgent need of these services, because they are solely Last in the daily struggle for existence. Their husbands, brothers and sons were killed, maimed or have not yet returned from captivity.
Many families consist of grandparents, women and children.

In Berlin alone there are 60 000 women debris. Her official title is "ancillary workers in the construction industry. "Knock" In infinite pains and physical hardships she rocks, load it with the blades on large horse-drawn wagons that have to pull it or push yourself with debris-laden Loren on the rails.