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Germany began the 1960s as the most prosperous and rapidly growing country in Europe. This could hardly be imagined by both Germans and foreigners that viewed the wrecked cities and piles of rubble after the World War II. In only a little than a decade it was becoming increasingly difficult to see the devestation wreaked opon Germany during the War--at least in West Germany. (War damage was even more vissible in Britain wjich had suffered only a fraction of the devestation visited on Germany.) And while living standards in East Germany in no way measured up to standards in the West, East German standards were well above those in the Soviet Union and other East European Soviet Satellite countries. West German boys by the 1960s were well dresses. Mosr boys had well appointed wardrobes with a wide variety of fashionable clothes. no longer wore suits to school, but comfortable casual clothing. We still see some boys wearing short pants to school during the warmer months, but long pants were becomong increasingly common even with younger boys. Knee socks for boys were much less common and rarely seen by the end of the decade. Girls commonly wore both knee socks and tights. During the colder months almost all boys wore long pants, especially by the late 196-s. Lederhosen declined in popularity as American-style jeans became increasingly popular in the 1960s. Up until the 1960s it was often possible to identify the nationality of German and many other European children from the clothes they wore. Beginning in the 1960s, especially by the late 60s, this become much more difficult to do.
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