Photos of women in Berlin after May 1945

[Annelie]

What's even sadder is the fact that the 3 dead young men buried there thought they were helping Germany, also...

By that time those young men fought for their families and comrades.

[ghostsoldier]

Yes...I agree with that, too. Ask most soldiers who they fight and die for, and they will tell you it's friend's and family...not patriotic or political ideology.
Rob

[sir dude]

Some more of berliners. Thanks to the Yanks and Brits , some civil order in this city was finally restored .

[Penn44]

I agree. What's even sadder is the fact that the 3 dead young men buried there thought they were helping Germany, also...
Rob

I don't know, I've I got to die, the thought of scantily clad women hanging around my grave sounds nice.

Penn44

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[sir dude]

A couple more. Note sure of the source, these are on my hard drive.
Cheers

[Annelie]

Thankyou everyone for sharing your photos.

They are for me of special interest. My Mother
was there at the time and I look for her in any of
the photos. She would have worn her hair sort of
wrapped up in the style of the day (I think an influence
of Betty Grable) but also because she contracted
typhoid from dirty water in Berlin. Spent a month
in an Russian hospital and woke up with no hair. So
for many years she wore the scarve on her head which
was so popular for some years after the war.

She now has lots and lots of hair...

I shall in another thread tell you what happened to some
women after May 1945 from Berlin.

[ghostsoldier]

Yes... this has been a most excellent thread...
Rob

[sir dude]

Found some colour images of Berlin life in my files.

[sir dude]

And this one.

[sir dude]

Found these at Military photo's. First , Russian soldiers harassing this poor girl. The other Berlin mothers next to one of the flak tower's .

[sir dude]

Soviet food Kitchens in Berlin.
source, Russian Victories.

[sir dude]

East Berliners waiting at an issuing point in 1948.
DHM archive.

[sir dude]

This one is interesting. It appears to be female auxiliaries and civilian's tending wounded solders. This photo suggest that this was taken well after the fighting has stopped. Dose any one have any info on this scene ? I would like to more about this image.
cheers.
http://gen-al.stumbleupon.com/tag/ww2/

[colt45]

This one is interesting. It appears to be female auxiliaries and civilian's tending wounded solders. This photo suggest that this was taken well after the fighting has stopped. Dose any one have any info on this scene ? I would like to more about this image.
cheers.
http://gen-al.stumbleupon.com/tag/ww2/

They were hungry, tired, weak and sick.. there was not much help except for the red cross.. it was hard times and everything was lost

[sir dude]

Thanks Colt 45. I was meaning why are they being assembled in the middle of the street ?, are they being deported somewhere?. Dose anyone know when this photo was taken and in what relevance ?
cheers.
-sir dude.