The Kaufmann family (Decade Challenge is finished)

1944 - 1945 part 2

Hans (or better me) was shocked when he saw the bill for his adventure.

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In 1945 he followed the western troops. Being a war photographer is highly risky and news agencies were always look for such brave photographer.
Here are some impressions Hans has made.



He has had also the change to visit his childhood home and met his uncle again, who barely recognize him.

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He made a few pictures of ophans and lost children but these pictures broke his heart and he couldn't take more of them. Many were too young to remember their names. Until the middle of 1975 around a 1/4 million of the lost children were reunited with their families again, but the destiny of a few hundred remain unknown.

He returned home for a short while and with the beginning of may 1945 the war was over.

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He wanted to return, help to rebuild as civic engineer and tried to convinced his parents for this idea, but they denied and warn him about the situation, which will be a desperate situation for the germans there. Indeed there was a lot of Arbitrariness during the first months and years of the occupation, and let many work hard in their job to forget what happened to them at this time period.


He received news from his aunt Hedwig, who has survived the war.


In the end Luisa and Wilhelm gave up and said goodbye to him.



He came to his aunt Hedwig, but the house was old and more and more things broke.


Living space were rare and people who had luck, were forced to host either unwelcomed refugees from the east or to host soldiers or were simply expelled.