Figure 1.--The post card here is captioned, "Wir gehen gratulieren." I thought that might mean, "We go to graduate, but apparently it means, "We go congratulating." Notice some of the children cary flowers. The children are of different ages, but they seem to represent roughly primary age children, perhaps including Kingergarten or even nursery-age children. They presumably attend a small village school. Or perhaps they are orphans. |
Many school photographs are easily understood. The structure of German education was not significantly altered during the Third Reich. Thus the photographs require little explanation. We note some school photographs taken during the 1930s and 40s that we do not fully understand. Perhaps our readers will have some insights to offer.
The post card here is captioned, "Wir gehen gratulieren." I thought that might mean, "We go to graduate, but apparently it means, "We go congratulating." Notice some of the children cary flowers. The children are of different ages, but they seem to represent roughly primary age children, perhaps including Kingergarten or even nursery-age children. They presumably attend a small village school because there are both boys and girls. There are several things we do not understand about this photograph. We do not know when it was taken, but would guess the late 30s or early 40s. It may have been taken in 1945, but the scene looks very orderly for 1945. We are not sure just who the children are congratulating and for what reason. We also do not understand who all the adults are. These can not all be teachers or school care givers for such a small number of teachers. We thought that the children may have been injured in the Allied air raids, notice the nurses. Perhaps this is an orphanage. The building looks like an orphanage, certainly not a village school.
But they all seem very healthy. Perhaps some of our readers can offer insights.
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