Figure 1.--Here we the mother and father surrounded by their adult children and grandchildren. The family is unidentified, but looks to be a comfortable middle-class family. The family snapshots show us how children dressed at the time during the summer. Note the army officer and how he is wearing his cap.

The photographs give a good idea as to how German children dressed during the summer in the 1930s. While the boys are dressed differently, they all seem to be wearing similar white shirts. We see the boys wearing short pants, Lederhosen, and rompers. Here the youngest boys wore romper pants. All the boys wore short pants. One boy wears Lederhosen. The older boy wears black shorts, perhaps Hitler Youth shorts although he does not seem to be wearing a HJ belt buckle. Note thar two of the boys are wearing heavy knee socks even in the warm weather. Girls wore light-weight sun dresses. It was still expected that girls should wear dresses, not shorts or trousers. The boys wore a kind of casual strap shoe. We see this shoe being worn quite a bit. We are not sure about the construction. I think it had a shoe-like sole, but the body seems very pliavle. Perhaps it was canvas or a very soft leather. I am not sure what these shoes would have been called in German.

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