Tümmerfrau- Emma Gustke – Berlin 1945 – Rubble cleaner – Rare grouping

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Tümmerfrau – Berlin in Ruins

The Work Control Card and photos of a Trümmerfrau

For more information see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%BCmmerfrau

Emma Gustke, from Treptow was employed from the 18th of June 1945 to clean the streets of Berlin.

Men from 15 to the age of 65 and woman from the ages of 15 to 50 years old were required to work. Her photos show the extent of the damage, brick by brick the areas were cleared. In Berlin alone around 60,000 woman were employed to clean the streets from the debris the war inflicted on the city.

The pictures tucked inside the work card, a few memories she tucked away…