Figure 1.-- We note the Volksschule (primary school) after the War in 1954. At the time the German Economic Miracle was beginning to transform the country. The children all seemed smartly dressed for the school portrait. Most of the children wear long stockings which is interesting because at the time, long stockings were beginning to decline in popularity. The children seen here seem to be about 8 years old (equivalent of 3rd grade). Put your cursor on the image to see the rest of the class.

Häslach is a small town in southwest Germany in Baden-Württemberg very close to the Rhine and the French border. The town during World War II was the location of a sub-camp of the NAZI Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. Many French people resisting the German World War II occupation arrested by the Gestapo were incarcerated here, presumably because it was so close to France. There was also an underground munitions factory. We note the Volksschule (primary school) after the War in 1954. At the time the German Economic Miracle was beginning to transform the country. The children all seemed smartly dressed for the school portrait. Most of the children wear long stockings which is interesting because at the time, long stockings were beginning to decline in popularity. The children seen here seem to be about 8 years old (equivalent of 3rd grade). The children all look very neat and nicely dressed. Notice that there are no sloppy or wrinkled stockings. If you look carefully at the fourth boy from the right (front row), you can see the hose supporter clasp on his right thigh. By the 1950s most of the German Leibchen or "garter shirts" (as they were sometimes referred to) had four elastic straps (two in front and two on the sides toward the back) with modern rubber button and wire loop fasteners (as opposed to the earlier-style buttons sewn on the stockings tops. The new system of garter arrangement usually prevented wrinkles over the knees and elsewhere, which is why mothers preferred them.

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