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Headline: Youth hostel, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: A dormitory of the Jugendwandererheim in Berlin-Charlottenburg. During the banking crisis many young people moved from city to city in search of work.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294932Youth hostel, 1932A dormitory of the Jugendwandererheim in Berlin-Charlottenburg. During the banking crisis many young people moved from city to city in search of work.
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Headline: Shanty town in Upper Silesia, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Unemployed miners and their families live in shacks in the shanty towns of the Upper Silesian coal-mining district, because they can no longer pay the rent. In 1932 there were almost 6 million people without work in Germany and on the edges of the large cities the slums were growing.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00118187Shanty town in Upper Silesia, 1932Unemployed miners and their families live in shacks in the shanty towns of the Upper Silesian coal-mining district, because they can no longer pay the rent. In 1932 there were almost 6 million people without work in Germany and on the edges of the large cities the slums were growing.
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Headline: Dining-room during the economic crisis, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Vulnerable people in a room with free meals served during the Great Depression.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00100795Dining-room during the economic crisis, 1932Vulnerable people in a room with free meals served during the Great Depression.
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Headline: Amateur presentation of the financial situation during the Great Depression in 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: At the culmination of the Depression in 1932 a Berlin newspaper asked its readers to present their financial situation on a picture and send it to the editorial office. The best photo was awarded. Among the first prizes was this shot with the headline: 'Two friends meet in the park and talk about their business prospects.'Photo: ScherlImage number: 00090028Amateur presentation of the financial situation during the Great Depression in 1932At the culmination of the Depression in 1932 a Berlin newspaper asked its readers to present their financial situation on a picture and send it to the editorial office. The best photo was awarded. Among the first prizes was this shot with the headline: 'Two friends meet in the park and talk about their business prospects.'
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Headline: Students and street musicians, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: During the Great Depression, students try to earn their living as street musicians.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00084764Students and street musicians, 1932During the Great Depression, students try to earn their living as street musicians.
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Headline: Transporting Deutsche Marks, 1948 (b/w photo)Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Loading a carriage with American printed banknotes at the railway station in Bremerhaven, the western powers introduced a new currency, the Deutsche Mark, into their occupation zones on 21st June 1948 to replace the old devalued Reichsmark, D-Mark, nachkriegszeit, geschichte,Photo: ScherlImage number: 00068853Transporting Deutsche Marks, 1948 (b/w photo)Loading a carriage with American printed banknotes at the railway station in Bremerhaven, the western powers introduced a new currency, the Deutsche Mark, into their occupation zones on 21st June 1948 to replace the old devalued Reichsmark, D-Mark, nachkriegszeit, geschichte,
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Headline: Journeymen, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Journeymen on a country street.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00041629Journeymen, 1932Journeymen on a country street.
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Headline: Field kitchen in Berlin during the Great Depression, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Soldiers of the III. Battalion of the Infantry Regiment 9 distribute in Spandau and Ruhleben food from their field kitchen to the population.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00040481Field kitchen in Berlin during the Great Depression, 1932Soldiers of the III. Battalion of the Infantry Regiment 9 distribute in Spandau and Ruhleben food from their field kitchen to the population.
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Headline: Men on a horse cart, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: A farmer transports men on a horse cart. During the Great Depression many unemployed roam in order to find work.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00040471Men on a horse cart, 1932A farmer transports men on a horse cart. During the Great Depression many unemployed roam in order to find work.
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Headline: Organ grinder during the Great Depression, 1932/33Date: 01.01.1931Image text: An unemployed plays barrel-organ, while playing children listen to him.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00040470Organ grinder during the Great Depression, 1932/33An unemployed plays barrel-organ, while playing children listen to him.
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Headline: People in need on a soup kitchen in Berlin during the world economic crisis, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Men eat soup which they have received in the soup kitchen. Next to a poorly dressed man, on the left, there are also two better dressed who depend on the free food distribution.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00017353People in need on a soup kitchen in Berlin during the world economic crisis, 1932Men eat soup which they have received in the soup kitchen. Next to a poorly dressed man, on the left, there are also two better dressed who depend on the free food distribution.
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Headline: Unemployed in Berlin, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: Unemployed people have built a 'summerhouse' from waste - on a place called Wilmersdorfer eyesore on the Hindenburg street in Wilmersdorf .Photo: ScherlImage number: 00113322Unemployed in Berlin, 1931Unemployed people have built a 'summerhouse' from waste - on a place called Wilmersdorfer eyesore on the Hindenburg street in Wilmersdorf .
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Headline: Field kitchen in Berlin during the Great Depression, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: Soldiers of the Reichswehr distribute food to the population in Berlin-Niederschoenhausen with their field kitchen. The costs were covered by the Protestant church through donations.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00040480Field kitchen in Berlin during the Great Depression, 1931Soldiers of the Reichswehr distribute food to the population in Berlin-Niederschoenhausen with their field kitchen. The costs were covered by the Protestant church through donations.
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Headline: Distribution of bread to children from unemployed families, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: During the Great Depression bread is distributed to children from unemployed families.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00040458Distribution of bread to children from unemployed families, 1931During the Great Depression bread is distributed to children from unemployed families.
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Headline: Collection of potatoes and briquettes at a Berlin school, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: The pupils of the Kaiser-Friedrich school in Berlin-Charlottenburg bring daily a potato or a briquette during the Great Depression, in order to support the "Winter Help".Photo: ScherlImage number: 00040456Collection of potatoes and briquettes at a Berlin school, 1931The pupils of the Kaiser-Friedrich school in Berlin-Charlottenburg bring daily a potato or a briquette during the Great Depression, in order to support the "Winter Help".
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Headline: Care for the unemployed in Berlin, 1930Date: 01.01.1930Image text: The unemployed receive coffee and rolls, in the scope of the poor feeding of the Berlin organization "Dienst am Arbeitssohn". The charity is based in the "Schrippenkirche" (rolls church) in the Acher Street.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00040457Care for the unemployed in Berlin, 1930The unemployed receive coffee and rolls, in the scope of the poor feeding of the Berlin organization "Dienst am Arbeitssohn". The charity is based in the "Schrippenkirche" (rolls church) in the Acher Street.
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Headline: Unemployed while hitchhikingDate: 25.10.1929Image text: This unemployed man travels hitchhiking across Germany, looking for work, during the Great Depression between 1929-1932.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00068868Unemployed while hitchhikingThis unemployed man travels hitchhiking across Germany, looking for work, during the Great Depression between 1929-1932.
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Headline: Unemployed tramps, 1929Date: 25.10.1929Image text: Homeless unemployed during the Great Depression between 1929-1932 sitting without shoes or worn down soles with their belongings on the lawn in a park.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00068861Unemployed tramps, 1929Homeless unemployed during the Great Depression between 1929-1932 sitting without shoes or worn down soles with their belongings on the lawn in a park.
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Headline: Antique trade, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: Impoverished manor lords, distressed heirs of old castles and members of the nobility sell knight's armors at the Berlin antique market to obtain cash.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294986Antique trade, 1931Impoverished manor lords, distressed heirs of old castles and members of the nobility sell knight's armors at the Berlin antique market to obtain cash.
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Headline: Great depression: distress and misery of the peopleDate: 01.01.1930Image text: Great depression: distress and misery of the people, 1929-1932, Germany 1919-1932 Weimar RepublicPhoto: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294988Great depression: distress and misery of the peopleGreat depression: distress and misery of the people, 1929-1932, Germany 1919-1932 Weimar Republic
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Headline: Unemployed homeless at the distribution of food, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: Unemployed homeless people in Berlin, especially young and old, are standing at the food counter. In times of crisis young and old people were served first.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294987Unemployed homeless at the distribution of food, 1931Unemployed homeless people in Berlin, especially young and old, are standing at the food counter. In times of crisis young and old people were served first.
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Headline: Antique trade, 1930sDate: 01.01.1929Image text: Impoverished manor lords, distressed heirs of old castles and members of the nobility sell knight's armors at the Berlin antique market to obtain cash. The sellers are looking mostly for dollar customers. The photograph shows a dealer assembling a suit of armor.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294985Antique trade, 1930sImpoverished manor lords, distressed heirs of old castles and members of the nobility sell knight's armors at the Berlin antique market to obtain cash. The sellers are looking mostly for dollar customers. The photograph shows a dealer assembling a suit of armor.
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Headline: Trading with old armor equipment, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: During the global economic crisis, more and more old knight's armors are being offered for sale. This photograph shows traders looking at a suit of armor.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294984Trading with old armor equipment, 1931During the global economic crisis, more and more old knight's armors are being offered for sale. This photograph shows traders looking at a suit of armor.
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Headline: Pensioners in a park, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: The emergency reduction of the pensions affects the pensioners particularly hard, since the pension is scarce anyway. This image shows retirees in the park.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294983Pensioners in a park, 1931The emergency reduction of the pensions affects the pensioners particularly hard, since the pension is scarce anyway. This image shows retirees in the park.
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Headline: Unemployed in a public soup kitchen, 1930Date: 01.01.1930Image text: Unemployed during the distribution of food in the public kitchen, also called soup kitchen.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294982Unemployed in a public soup kitchen, 1930Unemployed during the distribution of food in the public kitchen, also called soup kitchen.
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Headline: Omnibus line in Berlin, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Free bus line for the unemployed in Berlin. This offer was used frequently.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294981Omnibus line in Berlin, 1932Free bus line for the unemployed in Berlin. This offer was used frequently.
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Headline: Unemployed sleeping, 1932Date: 01.01.1929Image text: Many unemployed people try to find work in the conurbations, as here in Hamburg. After vain attempts at finding a job, and after they run out of money, they can often afford only to sleep on ropes for a few hours to protect themselves from the weather.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294980Unemployed sleeping, 1932Many unemployed people try to find work in the conurbations, as here in Hamburg. After vain attempts at finding a job, and after they run out of money, they can often afford only to sleep on ropes for a few hours to protect themselves from the weather.
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Headline: Poor father with child, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: In 1932 the number of unemployed rose to 6 million, almost one third of the population. The misery is particularly bad in the industrial areas of big cities. In most cases, benefits are not enough to buy the most necessary food.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294979Poor father with child, 1932In 1932 the number of unemployed rose to 6 million, almost one third of the population. The misery is particularly bad in the industrial areas of big cities. In most cases, benefits are not enough to buy the most necessary food.
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Headline: Unemployed people on a park bench, 1929Date: 17.09.1929Image text: An unemployed person is sitting on a park bench. In the years of the Great Depression this is a common picture. Given six million unemployed, the state welfare assistance is no longer enough.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294978Unemployed people on a park bench, 1929An unemployed person is sitting on a park bench. In the years of the Great Depression this is a common picture. Given six million unemployed, the state welfare assistance is no longer enough.
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Headline: Housing of unemployed people, 1929Date: 01.01.1929Image text: Many unemployed people lived with their families in run-down tenement houses and modest cellar rooms with deficient sanitary facilities, which were shared by up to 25 parties. During the Great Depression, is some cases they were starving for days, weeks, months and years. New clothes were not affordable and often there was nothing else but stale bread. The picture shows several women with children.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294977Housing of unemployed people, 1929Many unemployed people lived with their families in run-down tenement houses and modest cellar rooms with deficient sanitary facilities, which were shared by up to 25 parties. During the Great Depression, is some cases they were starving for days, weeks, months and years. New clothes were not affordable and often there was nothing else but stale bread. The picture shows several women with children.
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Headline: Castle and farmyard of Gut Kunersdorf, 1932Date: 01.01.1929Image text: Agriculture is also hard hit by the years of depression. Many farmers have given up even East Elbian manor and castle owners. This photograph shows the castle and farmstead of Gut Kunersdorf.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294976Castle and farmyard of Gut Kunersdorf, 1932Agriculture is also hard hit by the years of depression. Many farmers have given up even East Elbian manor and castle owners. This photograph shows the castle and farmstead of Gut Kunersdorf.
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Headline: Employment-creation measure, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: This photograph shows long-term unemployed in the construction of a road in the outskirts of Berlin. This work was part of the job creation program, which was created by the municipality administration specifically for them. But even this type of work often cannot be paid.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294975Employment-creation measure, 1932This photograph shows long-term unemployed in the construction of a road in the outskirts of Berlin. This work was part of the job creation program, which was created by the municipality administration specifically for them. But even this type of work often cannot be paid.
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Headline: Unemployed carpenters at work, 1929-1932Date: 01.01.1929Image text: Unemployed carpenters produce toys in a carpentry workshop. The Protestant Welfare Neukoelln provides to unemployed artisans space and material for the completion of objects, which they can then sell at a bazaar.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00294974Unemployed carpenters at work, 1929-1932Unemployed carpenters produce toys in a carpentry workshop. The Protestant Welfare Neukoelln provides to unemployed artisans space and material for the completion of objects, which they can then sell at a bazaar.
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Headline: Needy children, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: The picture shows distressed children. By 1932, the number of unemployed rises, who with their families are over six million people, or one-third of the population. The children run barefoot even until the beginning of the winter, footwear is often too luxurious. Sickness and misery are getting worse and worse after the reduction of unemployment benefits.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294973Needy children, 1932The picture shows distressed children. By 1932, the number of unemployed rises, who with their families are over six million people, or one-third of the population. The children run barefoot even until the beginning of the winter, footwear is often too luxurious. Sickness and misery are getting worse and worse after the reduction of unemployment benefits.
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Headline: Needy children, 1932Date: 01.01.1929Image text: The picture shows distressed children. By 1932, the number of unemployed rises, who with their families are over six million people, or one-third of the population. The children run barefoot even until the beginning of the winter, footwear is often too luxurious. Sickness and misery are getting worse and worse after the reduction of unemployment benefits.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294972Needy children, 1932The picture shows distressed children. By 1932, the number of unemployed rises, who with their families are over six million people, or one-third of the population. The children run barefoot even until the beginning of the winter, footwear is often too luxurious. Sickness and misery are getting worse and worse after the reduction of unemployment benefits.
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Headline: Charitable feeding of the unemployed in a "Schrippenkirchen", 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: In the evangelical churches there are charity meals with cakes and hot soup for the unemployed. These are accompanied by pious speeches and a harmonium music.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294971Charitable feeding of the unemployed in a "Schrippenkirchen", 1932In the evangelical churches there are charity meals with cakes and hot soup for the unemployed. These are accompanied by pious speeches and a harmonium music.
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Headline: Free food for the unemployed, 1930Date: 01.01.1930Image text: The picture shows the free distribution of food to the unemployed in a Berlin church. All the private and government support do not really alleviate the suffering.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294970Free food for the unemployed, 1930The picture shows the free distribution of food to the unemployed in a Berlin church. All the private and government support do not really alleviate the suffering.
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Headline: Arrest of an unemployed, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: The Berlin Schutzpolizei arrested an unemployed man at a demonstration within the protection zone around the Reichstag building.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294969Arrest of an unemployed, 1931The Berlin Schutzpolizei arrested an unemployed man at a demonstration within the protection zone around the Reichstag building.
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Headline: Demonstration of KPD workers, 1930Date: 01.01.1930Image text: KPD workers demonstrate in Berlin. On the poster: United front of the capital and United front of the exploited.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294968Demonstration of KPD workers, 1930KPD workers demonstrate in Berlin. On the poster: United front of the capital and United front of the exploited.
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Headline: Demonstration of the unemployed, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Workers and police encounter in front of the labor office. Such clashes happened often in tense situations.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294967Demonstration of the unemployed, 1932Workers and police encounter in front of the labor office. Such clashes happened often in tense situations.
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Headline: Needy worker family, 1929-1932Date: 01.01.1929Image text: Many working-class families live in want, and the aid received is often not enough for a family of several people. Many women, like this one, are trying to compensate it by working and do not shrink from heavy work. Shoes are precious and are spared for the winter, in summer people walk barefoot.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294965Needy worker family, 1929-1932Many working-class families live in want, and the aid received is often not enough for a family of several people. Many women, like this one, are trying to compensate it by working and do not shrink from heavy work. Shoes are precious and are spared for the winter, in summer people walk barefoot.
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Headline: Job search in BerlinDate: 01.01.1929Image text: This photograph shows unemployed people, who went to Berlin in search for work and have spent their last money. They have to spend the night outdoors in the guesthouse zum goldenen Eck.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294964Job search in BerlinThis photograph shows unemployed people, who went to Berlin in search for work and have spent their last money. They have to spend the night outdoors in the guesthouse zum goldenen Eck.
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Headline: Election poster, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: The election poster after a draft by Hans Schweitzer with the slogan "Our last hope is Hitler" promises a way out of poverty and unemployment, if one votes for Hitler.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294963Election poster, 1932The election poster after a draft by Hans Schweitzer with the slogan "Our last hope is Hitler" promises a way out of poverty and unemployment, if one votes for Hitler.
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Headline: Free lunch for the unemployed, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: This image shows the distribution of a free lunch to unemployed workers.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294961Free lunch for the unemployed, 1931This image shows the distribution of a free lunch to unemployed workers.
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Headline: Feeding the unemployed and their loved ones during the Christmas holiday, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: The restaurant Kempinsky takes over the feeding of 500 unemployed and their relatives over the holidays.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294959Feeding the unemployed and their loved ones during the Christmas holiday, 1931The restaurant Kempinsky takes over the feeding of 500 unemployed and their relatives over the holidays.
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Headline: TrampsDate: 01.01.1929Image text: A "tramp" packs food out and his comrade next to him expects this with impatience. Tens of thousands of unemployed flee from the big cities to the countryside in search of a job.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294958TrampsA "tramp" packs food out and his comrade next to him expects this with impatience. Tens of thousands of unemployed flee from the big cities to the countryside in search of a job.
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Headline: Issue of permissions to begDate: 01.01.1929Image text: This photograph shows distressed people, who receive beggar permits from the village board. Poverty was big not only in the city, but also in the villages, for this reason the villagers go to the surrounding villages with the beggar permits.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294957Issue of permissions to begThis photograph shows distressed people, who receive beggar permits from the village board. Poverty was big not only in the city, but also in the villages, for this reason the villagers go to the surrounding villages with the beggar permits.
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Headline: Queue in front of the Arbeitsamt (Job Center) Berlin, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Many unemployed people are queuing in front of the employment agency, but there is hardly any hope left that they will get a job.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294956Queue in front of the Arbeitsamt (Job Center) Berlin, 1932Many unemployed people are queuing in front of the employment agency, but there is hardly any hope left that they will get a job.
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Headline: World economic crisis: poverty and misery of the population, A familyDate: 01.01.1929Image text: Unemployed people and their families on the way to the country to find a job there. World economic crisis: poverty and misery of the population, 1929-1932, Germany 1919-1932, Weimar RepublicPhoto: ScherlImage number: 00294955World economic crisis: poverty and misery of the population, A familyUnemployed people and their families on the way to the country to find a job there. World economic crisis: poverty and misery of the population, 1929-1932, Germany 1919-1932, Weimar Republic
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Headline: Feeding of unemployed people in Berlin, 1930Date: 01.01.1930Image text: This photograph shows unemployed people eating free food in Berlin.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00294954Feeding of unemployed people in Berlin, 1930This photograph shows unemployed people eating free food in Berlin.
DOSSIER Misery and welfare in Germany during the Great Depression 105 Images



