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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 63 points 4 months ago

I wonder how this worked out for them, specifically, in the end. The wife/mother has a very longsuffering look on her face.

Probably fine. I think a lot about how Bayer, which literally made the gas for the chambers, is still around and apparently doing well. And while Germany was war ravaged, it wasn't to a much greater extent than the rest of Europe.

[-] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago

Yes but I also imagine many of the males in that picture died or were injured

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Germany lost an entire generation of males during WWII. They didn't run out of war machines, they ran out of soldiers.

[-] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 26 points 4 months ago
[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 10 points 4 months ago

The book Die Deutsche Mutter und ihr erstes Kind (The German Mother and her first child) by Johanna Haarer was very popular during that time and even basic book for education in the Reichsmütterschule (Reichs mother's school) and even after the war. The fortunately last reprint is from 1987.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

It's a very sad reality, not only in Germany.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 months ago

I bet the oldest son got drafted towards the end.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 10 points 4 months ago

I'd bet both elder sons got drafted, as the one on the right looks like 9-10.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Well ~~the Weimar Republic~~ Germany before the Nazis was also a regressive shithole run by an absolutely terrible monarch. I'm sure the wife had been suffering in Germany for a while

E: I made a silly mistake

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

That's the German Empire. The Weimar Republic was an unstable shithole run by a revolving series of coalitions that ended with ze Nazis.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

That's right lol I forget how short lived the Republic was

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Blink and you'll miss it!

[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 months ago

It survived longer than the Nazi reign did though

14.5 years compared to ~12

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