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Bremen in the year 1949 (4 years after the war)

Mesme Rize

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Here we have Bremen in the Year 1949, a city that is pretty much in ruins.

 

Alot of people still fought for survival, thousands of soldiers from the Wehrmacht where war prisoners, families where ripped apart, unknown destinies and sadness where part of the everyday routine.

 

This video what shot by a member of the US Army, who walked through Germany from 1948, till 1954. The City was already in process of being rebuild again, but the scars where still deep.

 

Seeing this vid makes me want to cry. :(

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Mand'alor Dash

It's amazing how life goes on even as huge chunks of the city lie in ruins.

 

I guess after four years, you kinda get used to it.

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Mesme Rize

It's amazing how life goes on even as huge chunks of the city lie in ruins.

 

I guess after four years, you kinda get used to it.

 

True, but life was still hard at that time. Some of these ruins where still there till the 60s and it no matter how often you see this, it's still depressing to see that.

 

Most of the stuff that was in ruins is rebuild today, but the port was the worst and most of the stuff from that time, is not there anymore.

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Mand'alor Dash

True, but life was still hard at that time. Some of these ruins where still there till the 60s and it no matter how often you see this, it's still depressing to see that.

 

Most of the stuff that was in ruins is rebuild today, but the port was the worst and most of the stuff from that time, is not there anymore.

So, if this is your hometown, were your grandparents in Bremen around that time?

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Mesme Rize

So, if this is your hometown, were your grandparents in Bremen around that time?

 

Yes, they where. Both my grandmothers and grandfathers survived the war. My grandfather on my mothers side was part of the Wehrmacht and got away from war prison. He was forced to join the army during the last year of the war, because Hitler was losing his soldiers and barely anyone wanted to join freely.

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