Zero hour (1945)
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Zero hour is a term which is used in reference to the capitulation of Germany at midnight on 8 May 1945 and the weeks which immediately followed it in Germany. It marked the end of World War II in Eur
Ruined buildings in Nuremberg, May 1945
Trümmerfrauen at work in Berlin, July 1946
Trümmerfrau
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Trümmerfrauen were women who, in the aftermath of World War II, helped clear and reconstruct the bombed cities of Germany and Austria. Hundreds of cities had suffered significant bomb and firestorm da
Zero hour (1945)
…initial cleanup of Berlin fell to the Soviets, with the Western Allies arriving on July 4, 1945. All women aged between 15 and 65 were conscripted as Trümmerfrauen (rubble women). As many as 60,000 women worked to clear debris and rubble from the city. The most significant problem the Berliners faced was the threat…
Trümmerfrauen at work in Berlin, c. 1947
The Grüner Heiner, a schuttberg in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf
Trümmerfrauen memorial, Dresden