Individual Swiss State Schools: Kolbrunn School

Figure 1.--This is a portrait of a primary class at the Kolbrunn School taken December 10, 1943. The teacher is Herr Staub. These children are third graders (8 years old). The girls wear pinafores. The boys wear mostly sweaters, short trousers, and long stockings--black, tan, or brown. One of the boys in the front row wears socks rolled down over the tops of his high shoes. It is clear that the boy at the extreme left, front row, is wearing a Strapsleibchen or bodice with supporters attached. This photo was taken in the midst of World War II, but there is no sense of stress on the faces of the children, and there seem to be no serious clothing shortages in Switzerland. By this time the danger of a NAZI invasion had largely past.

This is a portrait of a primary class at the Kolbrunn School taken December 10, 1943. The teacher is Herr Staub. These children are third graders (8 years old). The girls wear pinafores. The boys wear mostly sweaters, short trousers, and long stockings--black, tan, or brown. One of the boys in the front row wears socks rolled down over the tops of his high shoes. It is clear that the boy at the extreme left, front row, is wearing a Strapsleibchen or bodice with supporters attached. This photo was taken in the midst of World War II, but there is no sense of stress on the faces of the children, and there seem to be no serious clothing shortages in Switzerland. By this time the danger of a NAZI invasion had largely past.

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