Preview the following 4 slides and review the historical significance of each.

http://vodpod.com/watch/705767-die-deutschen-trmmerfrauen

Allied air raids on German cities left most of Germany in ruins by the end of World War II. Most adult men were absent at the time, either not yet returned from the fighting abroad, or dead (estimates run as high as 15 million German men killed). Allied bombings (begun in 1942), left most of Germany's major cities in rubble. The hardest hit cities were Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg, and Cologne. Some survivors worked to clear the rubble on their own, mostly to find usable materials to repair their own homes. Though this was widespread, it came nowhere near to the demand----the streets were still jammed with rubble. Women were called upon by the Allied Control Council to clear the streets of the rubble which in some places reached as high as the first floor. These women, who were called "Truemmerfrauen" (literally "Rubble Women"), worked to clear the rubble from the streets, using bare hands and buckets. They sorted the bricks recovered into two piles: that which could be re-used, and that which could not. The incentive for doing this work was that food ration coupons were upgraded for those who volunteered to the category of hard physical labor. Higher caloric portions were given to women who did this hard task, much more so than the amount allotted to housewives. In Berlin alone, over 60,000 women worked to clear the rubble. In many present-day German cities where Truemmerfrauen worked for years (some well into the 1950s), there are

The 1954 German team, captained by Fritz Walter and coached by Sepp Herberger, won the World Cup in a remarkable final against the legendary Hungarian Mighty Magyars, undefeated for four years (Hungary had even thrashed the German back-ups 8-3 in the group stages). A determined Germany came back from an early two-goal deficit to win 3-2, with Helmut Rahn scoring the winning goal six minutes from the end of full time. This was a euphoric event for Germany, which had been spiritually and economically shattered by the war. This win gave the country new pride and was seen as a herald of Germany's economic and political recovery, a very real miracle.

1. Das Wunder von Bern: Deutschland gewinnt sensationell die Fußballweltmeisterschaft in Bern (Schweiz). 2. Die Stunde Null: Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist zu Ende. Deutschland liegt in Ruinen. 3. Die Berliner Luftbrücke: Die Sowjetunion isoliert Berlin vom Rest Deutschlands. Amerikanische Flugzeuge bringen das Lebensnotwendige in die Stadt.

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4. Der Mauerbau: Eine Mauer wird in Berlin gebaut, die Ost- und Westberlin, Ost- und Westdeutschland trennt. 5. Das Wirtschaftswunder: Die Deutschen arbeiten, produzieren und haben auch Zeit für den Konsum – all dies nur wenige Jahre nach dem Krieg.

VOR DEM SEHEN (1) Match text 1 – 7 with picture in chart below

6. Die Öffnung der Mauer: Die Mauer zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland fällt. 7. Die Trümmerfrauen: Viele Männer sind als Soldaten im Krieg gestorben oder sie sind in Kriegsgefangenschaft. Ohne die schwere Arbeit der Frauen wäre der Wiederaufbau Deutschlands nicht möglich.

VOR DEM SEHEN (2) 1989, 1946, 1948-1949, 1945, 1954, 1989, 1955-1963 a. Stunde Null

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b. Die Trümmerfrauen c. Die Luftbrücke

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1948 - 1949

d. Das Wunder von Bern : (Germany’s World Cup Title over Hungary in Switzerland. ) 1954 e. Das Wirtschaftswunder f. Der Mauerbau

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g. Der Fall der Mauer

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1955 - 1963

VOR DEM SEHEN #3 Frage 3 – Figure out which historical time period goes with which verse. Choose 4 from those listed below. a. Stunde Null b. Die Trümmerfrauen c. Die Luftbrücke d. Das Wunder von Bern : (Germany’s World Cup Title over Switzerland) e. Das Wirtschaftswunder f. Der Mauerbau g. Der Fall der Mauer

Answer Key : Click to see Verse 1 : g “der Fall der Mauer” Verse 2 : b “die Trümmerfrauen” Verse 3 : e “das Wirstschafswunder” Verse 4 : a “die Stunde Null”