Figure 1.--German boys still commonly wore knee socks in the 1952. This brother and sister were photigraohed in the 1950s.

We do not yet have detailed information on the chonology of kneesocks in Germany. We can only make some assessments using the images we have archived. It is a little hard to tell much about the 19th century because boys either wore long pants or ling-length kneepants. Short pants became widely worn in the 20th century and thus we have much more information. We note mostly long stockings and three-quasrter lngth socks being worn in the early 20th century. We see kneesocks in the 1910s and they were very common after World War I. Both kneesocks and long stockings were worn in the inter-War era. Long stockings wer especially common in the Winter, bout both kneesocks and long stockings were worn throughut the year. Long stockings were generally repalaced with kneesocks after World War II, but long stockinfs were still worn in the lare 40s ad erarly 50s. Kneesocks were more popular with older boys, but they might wear knickers rather than shorts during the winter. Most German boys wore kneesocks by the 1950s, ben in the Winter. Kneesocks by the 1980s were no longer commonly worn by boys, except with folk outfits where short pants or knee-length lederhosen are worn.