Figure 1.--This German photograph looks to be a school group taken in the early 1950s. Several of the boys wear lederhosen, some with the halter. We at first thought this was a school group, but a German reader tells us that it is more likely a children's group home. Click on the image to see the full group. |
HBC has thought that figure 1 was a school group. A German reader tells us, "I believe the photo isn't taken at a school, but at a children's home where the children had to take a cure, or at a children's school home, that's a place usually in rural areas, were the children can rest and learn something about the region they are staying at. These places are instead of school lessons. Unluckily you can't read the sign clearly, perhaps you could locate the photo then. I think so, because the sourrounding looks too green for a school and the building has a large windows line, that suggest a sleeping room on the second floor." A German reader tells us that the proper name for these facilities is " Kindererholungheim " meaning "children's recreation home". Curiously, the photographs we have seen at these facilities show very healthy looking children. We do not know much about these facilities. We do not know when the program was begun or whether it was a national program or one financed by local government. Nor do we know how the children were selected. Another German reader tells us that he does not believe that the children here are in a group home, but rather participating in some kind of school or other group cultural excursion. Often these were organized by schools during the summer vacation and a teacher accompanied them. Similar groups were orghanized by churches, factory groups and even political parties.
A Kinderheim or children's home is a child care facility, primarily a day care facility for children whose parents have trouble careing for them. There was a great need for such facilities after World War because of all the war widows. These facilities were founded by a wide range of private organizations, churches, charities, corporations, and other groups. There were also specialized Kinderheim for school trips and vascations, acting rther like short term group homes.
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