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Pauperism in Germany after the First World War

Poor people gather waste from markets, 1924

Three elder women pick up the usable leftovers on the grounds of a market. The war and the inflation in Germany had hit the poorest hardest.

Homeless people waiting outside a shelter in Berlin, 1924

Homeless people waiting outside a dormitory for the homeless.

Dining room in Berlin, 1924

School children in a dining room of a charity association.

Queue in front of the pawn shop in Berlin, 1924

People in front of the State pawn shop. After the introduction of the Reichsmark in 1924, the inflation had an end but since all savings were destroyed, many peoples were forced to put valuables in the pawnshop.

Inflation: misery, poverty of the population, unemployed people demonstrate in Berlin, 1923

Demonstration in Berlin at the time of the inflation. Inflation: misery, poverty of the population, 1922-1923, Germany 1919-1932, Weimar Republic

Mass feeding during the inflation, 1923

Poor feeding in the period of the inflation.

Handing out soup in Berlin, 1923

Feeding of needy people in a soup kitchen of the public relief office in Berlin during the inflation.

Policeman guarding potato fields, 1923

A mounted police officer patrolling at the edge of a potato field while hoarders from the cities wait at the edge.

Inflation: poverty, misery of the population, demonstration during the inflation in Berlin, 1923

inflation, distress, poverty of the population, 1922-1923, Germany 1919-1932, Weimar Republic

Soup kitchen of the Salvation Army in Berlin, 1923

Berliner receive soup at a field kitchen.

Children receive food, 1923

During the hardship of the inflation the children were sent out of the cities to camps in the country. In a service building ration carriers get food for a group of children.

Berliner people transport their purchase of potatoes, 1923

During the economic crisis in Berliner collect food in strollers and handcarts.

Poster by Olaf Gulbransson as a call for donations for the Deutsches Volksopfer, 1923

After the occupation of the Ruhr by French troops, the government called for passive resistance, which was very costly. To fund it, donations were asked, as on this poster of the famous illustrator Gulbransson, where a hand is depicted, throwing off its chains, with the slogan: "We want to be free, as our fathers were. Donate to the Deutsches Volksopfer".

Inflation: misery, poverty of the population, soup kitchen in Berlin, 1923

Food for the poor people of Berlin in a soup kitchen during the inflation. Inflation: misery, poverty of the population, 1922-1923, Germany 1919-1932, Weimar Republic

Inflation: misery, poverty of the population, queue during the inflation in Berlin, 1923

People wait in line for goods in Berlin. Inflation: misery, poverty of the population, 1922-1923, Germany 1919-1932, Weimar Republic.

Inflation: poverty, misery of the population, firewood collectors during the inflation in 1923

During the coal price increase and the radical currency devaluation firewood collectors go home by train. inflation, poverty, misery of the population, 1922-1923, Germany 1919-1932, Weimar Republic.

Feeding of children, 1923

Harriet Kreisler, here in the middle in a fur coat with hat, feeding the poor and the children of Berlin. Around her are volunteers and some children, at right a container with potatoes. Harriet Kreisler war die Frau des Violinisten Fritz Kreisler.

Feeding of children, 1923

Food distribution to needy children. Right behind adults are standing at a barrier, while on the left the children eat at long tables while are supervised by two women.

Norwegian child care organisation, 1923

Examination of children by a Norwegian child care organisation. Right the representative of the child-care organization, Elles Ringnes. Chest auscultation was used, among other things, to detect tuberculosis.

Emergency children's home in Berlin Wilmersdorf, 1923

Seven boys, some of them equipped with shovel or rake, just before gardening.

Policemen guarding potato fields, 1923

Police officers watch over potato fields at night with a spotlight to prevent thefts, during the period of the inflation.

Supply of the needy through the Salvation Army, 1923

east Berlin's poor while eating in a soup kitchen of the Salvation Army.

Children waiting for the returning hoarders, 1923

Before the railway station Gesundbrunnen children are waiting with handcarts for people who bought food in the country and want to rent the carts.

Funds raising of the German Charity, 1923

A stand of the German Charity, collects in the time of the inflation alms for clothing for the needy people.

Money collection during the inflation, 1923

A woman donates money at the fund raising stand of the organization 'Gebets- und Arbeitsbund Paul Gerhardt' in Berlin.

Man in police custody in Berlin, 1923

Police lead away a man, probably a foreign exchange dealer. His blue eyes bears witness that it probably came to scuffles earlier.

Fundraising by the German emergency assistance during the inflation, 1923

The German emergency assistance tries to alleviate poverty and suffering of the population during the inflation through fundraising.

People with "panic buying" on a country road, 1923

Women and children with "panic buying" walk along an alley. During the inflation, the food supply was so poor that many people drove out of town in order to "hamster" on the countryside.

German cinema-goers are charged the admission price of two charcoal briquettes to see the matinee film 'Judas' as a result of inflation, 1923

German cinema-goers are charged the admission price of two charcoal briquettes to see the matinee film 'Judas' as a result of inflation.

Emigration of German settlers from Russia, 1922

A nurse from the Red Cross takes care of a weakened child of a Volga German family following their placement in Berlin.

Emigration of German settlers from Russia, 1922

Refugees from the region of the Volga Germans after their arrival at the Silesian train station in Berlin.

Emigration of German settlers from Russia, 1922

Refugees from the region of the Volga Germans after their arrival at the Silesian train station in Berlin.

Leaflet calls for work, Berlin, 1922/23

A leaflet in Berlin calls to take employment during the inflation in Germany.

Women pick up potatoes, 1922

In the time of scarcity after the First World War, even ladies from the upper classes were not too classy to pick up fallen potatoes from the street. A police officer watches them.

Protection against robber bands at Oldenburg, 1921

The armed male population of a municipality in Oldenburg. They stand at a barrier which is closed to prevent raids and is guarded by the armed community members. Behind the barrier, a driver is being controlled. At he barrier is an automobile of the brand Sperber 1911 (Norddeutsche Automobilwerke).

Food expenditure at the Red Cross in Berlin, 1921

In the Cecilie house rice is being distributed to the people of Berlin, a donation from the German-Brazilian German club.

Christmas party for children organized by Petra AG, 1920

At the Christmas party for needy children women distribute packets to the kids.

A family living in temporary accomodation in an old railway carriage due to the housing shortage in Berlin, July 1920 (b/w photo)

The housing shortage in cities and industrial districts after the WWI led to the provision of temporary accommodations for families in old railway carriages, by the Berlin municipalilty,

Emigration of German settlers from Russia, in the 1920s

Volga German children in Berlin, who have fled from the conditions in the Soviet Union, receive food from the Red Cross.

Toy production in the Ore Mountains, c. 1920

Mother with her children making wooden toys in a village in the Ore Mountains. Undated picture.

Christmas celebration of the Stahlhelm for poorer members in Berlin, circa 1920s

Christmas party with presents for unemployed Stahlhelm members, organized by the Ortsgruppe Tempelhof and the women's league of the organization. A Krampus figure with tail and sack is also visible on the left of the picture.

Feeding children, 1920

Children and young mothers having a free meal donated by the Quakers. Behind at left, probably one of the organizers.

Distribution of concentrated milk by the Salvation Army, 1920

On the left, two women are probably issuing coupons for the food distribution. A boy with a little girl has just received his coupon. Right behind at an improvised counter are three women who distribute cans of condensed milk. Children crowd for the food.

Feeding children, 1920

Eight children sit in a room - most around a table - each with a cup and something to eat. On the left stands a woman who gives a boy a drink.

Feeding of Berlin students, 1920

In the dining room of the Quakers in Berlin, needy students are being fed.

Black market in Berlin, 1920

A group of men surrounds a man who is looking probably at a gem or a piece of jewelry through a magnifying glass. The object is to be sold here on the black market.

Demonstration of the tenant association, 1920

Demonstration of a Berlin tenant association. The slogan on the right-hand poster reads: "Down with capitalism." Next to the demonstration is a passer-by watching the men.

Demonstration of independent shoemakers, 1920

Protest of independent shoemakers against leather prices. On the poster in front left: "We independent shoemakers protest against the leather usury".

Housing shortage after the First World War, 1920

A family has moved as an emergency shelter into a freight car during the economic crisis.

Supply of needy students, 1920

Needy students receive a hot meal from the student assistance in Berlin.

Children with billboards in Berlin, 1920

Boys with billboards on which exchange rates for silver and gold pieces are offered, which alone retained their value in the inflation after the First First World WarI .

Salvation Army distributes milk to school children in Berlin, 1920

Members of the Salvation Army distribute milk to children of a Berlin primary school.

Unemployed demonstration outside the palace of the Reich President in Berlin, 1920

Unemployed demonstrate in front of the palace of the Reich president with posters on which they require work instead charity.

Shortage of coal in Germany, 1920

One patient in the waiting room of a doctor. The sign hanging behind him asks the patients to bring briquettes so that the waiting room can be heated.

Feeding of school children in Berlin, 1920

A food donation from the American Quaker is distributed to the school children in a Berlin school playground.

Feeding of school children in Berlin, 1920

School children in the playground of a school in Berlin. A food donation from the American Quakers will be distributed to school children.

Supply of school children in Berlin, 1920

The relief organization of the foreign distributes a food donation from the American Quakers to school children.

Due to food shortages closed restaurant in Berlin, 1920

This Aschinger-local is closed due to lack of food. The restaurants of the brothers Aschinger were notorious people's restaurants.

Housing shortage in Germany, 1929

An old railroad carriage is used by a family as a makeshift accommodation due to the housing shortage and the beginning unemployment in Germany.

The carving up of a horse, 1919

Passers-by cut up a dead horse which belonged to government troops in the streets of Munich.

Soldiers as street musicians in Berlin, 1919

Returned home soldiers from the First World War play street music with guitar, mandolin.

Unemployed people demonstrate in Munich, 1919

Unemployed people demonstrate on the Theresienwiese in Munich on 7 January 1919.

Street artist at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, 1919

A street artist balances a former soldier on a chair.

Housing shortage in Southern Germany, 1919

A woman with a dog in her arms stands in front of a sign with the words "For foreigners, the move to Augsburg is forbidden."

Poverty in the Weimar Republic

An old woman bends down to the ground, in front of her there is a cart with belongings. Undated picture.

Food for the poor Stahlhelm members in Berlin, 1931

On the initiative of the Stahlhelm-Frauenbund, at Luisenstrasse 18 was opened a home where poorer members of the Stahlhelm can eat and reside for cheap money.

Children are fed in a Berlin school, around 1920

In a schoolyard (presumably a girls' school) in Berlin, hundreds of schoolgirls have gathered with eating utensils in their hands to receive food donated by Quaker. Further behind are also some students and teachers.

Kinderlandverschickung (evacuation) of children of Berlin, 1919

Children in need are sent from Berlin to the countryside, where they receive better care.

Giving presents to families of war prisoners, 1919

Three women and a young girl stand in front of an office with the inscription "War prisoners homecoming information here". All three of them hold a gift in their hands, which they have received as relatives of a prisoner of war.

Children are fed with cod liver oil, 1919

A woman gives cod liver oil to the children of a Berlin school. Four children are standing in a row in front of her.

Black market in Berlin, 1919

Street trade in the Schoenhauserstrasse in Berlin. Former soldiers offer for sale clothing and boots to passers-by.

Black market and gambling in Berlin, 1919

On the left is a table with a thimblerigger. In the middle a card player with a buckled plate as a table. Right of the gamblers (mainly former soldiers) a group of men are buying and selling on the black market.

Shoe polishers in Berlin, 1919

Teen shoe polishers and their clientele, including a woman and a sailor, in a Berlin street.

Easter race in Karlshorst, 1919

Two members of the Berlin Marksmen Regiment at the entrance to the racetrack in Berlin-Karlshorst.

Performance of the Altonaer Stadttheater, 1919

Performance of the play "Peace-Wishing Germany" by Johann Rist (1649). From left to right: Monsieur Sausewind: W. Walter, Pest: Ms. Arnold, Mars: Haas, Hunger: Miss Maack, spokesman for the prologue in the mask of Johann Rist: Wilhelmi, Germany: Ms. Bauer, Lust: Ms. Ferron. Second row from left to right: Peace: Miss Raym, Courtmaster: Pesta, Monsieur Gaston: Krohmann, Master Rastio Status, the surgeon: Poeschke, Don Antonio: Urbach, Merkurius: Waldeck. Seit der Eingemeindung Altonas heißt das Altonaer Stadttheater Altonaer Theater.

Rally of war veterans at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, 1919

A speaker surrounded by a crowd. In front is a coach that is just leaving the rally.

Gambling in Berlin, 1919

Gamblers and spectators on a Berlin street. In the background, a man gives a card to a teenager. Behind them is a board with electoral posters.

Black market dealer in Berlin, 1919

Two black market traders are led to the police station by three members of a Freikorps (?) unit. They are probably on Alexanderplatz. The armed men wear old uniforms of the Imperial Army.

Black market in Berlin, 1919

Black market in the Alte Schoenhauser Strasse in Berlin.

Labor market in Berlin, 1919

Labor market in Gormannstrasse in Berlin, where job seekers are placed in employment. The people gathered in front of a building in which are issued the certificates of employment of the city of Berlin.

Street sale in Berlin, 1919

On a Berlin street, the stand of a liqueur dealer is guarded by the military. On the left the former soldier and liqueur dealer, on the right one of his military guards taste the liqueur. In the background on a board hang assembly calls of political groups.

Street in Berlin, 1919

People queue to buy food before a shop. On the street is a branch of Loeser & Wolff Cigarren next to a business of the Swiss chocolate with a sign of Cailler.

Roadblock in Berlin, 1919

Soldiers block the Weinmeisterstrasse corner Alte Schoenhauserstrasse for the lifting of a gambling hall in the Neue Schoenhauserstrasse. Right before the Centrum Theater are horse carts, left a tram of the line 52.

Street sale in Berlin, 1919

On a street in Berlin the stand of a sausage seller is guarded by the military. In front of the stand are passers-by looking at the stand. Behind the stand on a board are posters with assembly calls. Above the stand stands: "Prima goat blood and liver sausage 3.00 M. Warm sausage 90, - and 1.00."

Street sale in Berlin, 1919

On the right, two women stand by a street stand and look at the displayed goods. Left, a small woman sells sweets to former soldiers.

Black market in Berlin, around 1919

Men buying and selling bicycles.

Housing shortage in Nuremberg, 1919

Passers-by in the main hall of the Nuremberg Central Station. Above them hangs a sign with the inscription: "Influx to Nuremberg is blocked, Town Magistrate."

Street artist in Berlin, 1919

A street artist swallowing his pocket watch.

Gambling in Berlin, 1919

A player presents a game of chance on a street in Berlin in the postwar period, in order to make profit with the promise of quick earnings.

Policemen go through the pockets of looters, 1919

Policemen go through the pockets of persons who were arrested for looting during the Spartacist uprising in Berlin.

Rachitic children, 1919

Rachitic children, recognizable by their square-shaped heads and their asymmetric posture. Rickets is caused by a disturbance of the calcium and phosphate metabolism due to vitamin D deficiency in childhood. Consequences of the Rachitic are softening of the cranial bone at the occiput, swellings on the ribs and wrists, susceptibility to infections of the upper airways. Later, it can lead to the bending of the legs and the spinal column, too tight cymbal and disturbances in the tooth structure.

Discharged soldier selling umbrellas in Berlin, 1919

After WWI he ekes out a living by selling umbrellas in the streets of Berlin.

People lining up at the cheap meat counter in Berlin, 1919

Queue of hungry people before the cheap meat counter in Berlin in the autumn of 1919. The women had to queue for hours before they turn came and often happened that the stock was already sold out.

Housing crisis in Germany, 1919

The Nuremberg municipality prohibits the immigration to Nuremberg, as there was housing shortage in Germany after First World War. The warning sign is in the Nuremberg train station.

Labor market in Berlin, 1919

Unemployed in in Berlin, 1923

Unemployed on an exchange market in in Berlin. Left, a soup kitchen.

Hunger, barting for food, lack of coal 1918-1924

Hunger, barting for food, lack of coal 1918-1924, Germany 1919-1932 Weimar Republic

Hunger, barting for food, lack of coal 1918-1924

Hunger, barting for food, lack of coal 1918-1924, Germany 1919-1932 Weimar Republic

Hoarders in a railway station, 1918

Hoarder activity on a Westphalian small town station. Hoarders carry heavy sacks of potatoes, for which they have exchanged their last valuables.

Women on a foraging trip, 1919

Women with heavy backpacks and bags return from a foraging trip.

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