Five years after the battle.
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Stalingrad 1947
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“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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vvvvvvvvvvvv“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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Originally posted by jlvfr View PostJudging by the uniforms, some of the "workers" look like captured german soldiers... or am I wrong?Reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo
(Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's)
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What amazes me is that they are still wearing their feldgrau uniform five years after having been captured (maybe less); it seems to me that after so many years of hard labor that they would need new clothes, no?"There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge
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Originally posted by Stitch View PostWhat amazes me is that they are still wearing their feldgrau uniform five years after having been captured (maybe less); it seems to me that after so many years of hard labor that they would need new clothes, no?
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They did well to get most of the rubble off the streets that quickly, considering much of the work probably had to be done without heavy machinery. I recall reading that in some of the bombed-out cities of Central Europe it took a few years just to clear the debris. What a lot of work.
Labour to build a city, labour to ruin it, labour to rebuild it. War is a sick joke played on humanity. We and our works are mortal enough already, without such little extra reminders.
The Axis POW's on that sort of detached duty were considered "specialists" and given passcards and some cash wages, as well as bonus rations.
The photo of the bricklayers reminded me of Hans von Luck's memoirs (Panzer Commander), which include a very interesting chapter about his time spent as a masonry "specialist" in the Caucasus. According to him, as a favoured "specialist" food and working conditions were roughly on par with the Soviet civilian norm at the time, i.e. bare subsistence. Regular labour camp conditions, of course, were below subsistence--a real-life micro-economy with sub-Ricardian wages!
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