American Reacts to Berlin in July 1945 | German Video

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[@yasay1834]

the "Trümmerfrauen" or "rubble women" you can see in this video were women who helped with their own hands to clear and rebuild the cities of Germany. I mean, all men were injured or dead or never came back at all. Thats all they could do at those times

[@dh1ao]

yes my toughts too. Without them there is no germany we have now.

[@dirkspatz3692]

As hommage the 50pf coin has had a rubble woman who planted a oak tree (symbol for a new nation) on the back. Would be nice when some german euro/cent coins would have the same printed on the back side. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Johanna_Werner#/media/Datei:50Pfennig1949_reverse.jpg

[@blaumupi]

5:23 The place Hitlers body was burned. 3:40 Here the buckets were used to transport debris, not water.

[@andreasheidepriem1090]

So the women who carried the bricks and all the mess were called "Trümmerfrauen". They basically did this for extra food stamps, since the regular portions were on the smallest side. Just had a little chat about the topic with my mother the other day.. In my childhood, during the sixties, there happend to remain at least one ruin in every street. I distinctively remember marking that out for myself at one point, because that seamed to be somewhat remarkable in my pov. I'm a Berlin inhabitant.

[@pekingdragon]

My mother moved to Berlin in 1947 to study at the Humboldt University...she often told me how damaged and ruined Berlin was but on the other hand there was also lot of cultural life again... she often visited theaters and cinemas and watched many famous german actors life on stage...her time came soon to an end when the soviet Berlin blockade started and as a non Berliner she had to leave by plane during the "air bridge"... 1988 we flew from West Germany to West Berlin as we had a connecting flight from East Berlin/ GDR...that was her 1st time after 40 years that she saw the city again and was amazed how much everything had changed...from ruins and debries to a busy modern city...I remember how we crossed the Berlin wall checkpoint to get to the GDR airport... an east german border officer entered our bus and escorted us to the airport terminal...no one could imagine that the Berlin wall would fall the following year😃

[@gordondry]

For anybody who did not get it: the audio is added later on the restauration session by some ambient means.

[@Patschenkino]

3:35 This is how they removed the rubble.

[@Living_compassion_peace]

In the past and now it`s the same. Pain for the most and power for some.

[@jayzandstra1830]

man.. what haunting footage this is,seen it myself several times too now. and to compare this apocalytpic hellscape to what berlin was in its peak... would be cool if you checked out how berlin was in the 20's-30's,theres some good colorized footage here on yt.

[@biloaffe]

Of the total of 363 air raids by the US and British air forces on the Berlin region, 310 were aimed at the city of Berlin itself, including 40 heavy and 29 large-scale raids. 45,517 tons of bombs were dropped. There were 421 full alerts. There are differing reports about the number of civilian casualties. The Second World War, which ended on May 11, 1945, left a landscape of rubble in large parts of Berlin: 600,000 homes destroyed and 2.8 million of the city's original 4.3 million inhabitants still live in the city.

[@dksilber9500]

Heartbreaking (also in the invaded countries, of course). So much suffering, so much bitter hardship - and yet two months after the end of the war, everyone is just happy to have survived. Now you are literally starting from scratch.

[@arnodobler1096]

În the women's buckets there is no water, but stones to rebuild the houses, which is why they were called "rubble women".

[@jozilla5421]

Honestly me,being a 47 years old german (not a Berliner though) cannot really imagine or comprehend what it was like to live in such conditions.

[@jabanan]

Most women probably widowed, houses in pieces, economy in ruins, communism at rise. Something Americans never had to endure. Apart from the casualties of course. Whole Cities, Capitols reduced to rubble.

[@getder389]

Phew, You should see Warsaw after II WW...

[@_lynx_8632]

You should take a look at Dresden after it was bombed.

[@AnnetteLudke-je5ll]

Just have a look at Ukraine .. it looks the same in some cities ..what a shame.

[@dksilber9500]

Heartbreaking (also in the invaded countries, of course). So much suffering, so much bitter hardship - and yet two months after the end of the war, everyone is just happy to have survived. Now you are literally starting from scratch.