Lesson 2: On the Road to Recovery: Rubble Women in Post WWII Germany
Handout 1

Truemmerfrauen Questions

Some sites with photographs of Rubble Women (in German and English):

Directions:  Look at no less than three different websites from the list. 

  1. Which one do you think is the best and why?

  2. Pick one of the pictures and write a brief description of what is happening.  Give a description of the people and what they are doing.  What does the picture show about daily life in Germany at this time?

  3. Choose 3 different pictures.   Why do you think they are similar or different?