Figure 1.-- Here we see the three Bertini boys with their mother in the early 1940s--about 1942. It was after they moved back to Hamburg, but before the July-August 1943 bombing. The two older boys, Cesar and Roman, wear long trousers with suspenders. Cesar wears a sleeveless sweater over his trousers so you can't see the suspenders. Ludwig, who is about 17 at this point, still wears short trousers but with argyle knee socks. The argyle knee socks don't seem quite right. He wears a long sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up.

The family returns to Hamburg from the country and attempt to be more anonymous living in an apartment. The image here shows the family in the apartment (figure 1). After their apartment is bombed, we see the boys bringing sheets of plywood to board up the broken windows and make necessary repairs to their dwelling. This probaby occurred in 1943 as this was when Hamburg was devestated by a series of bombed raids by the Allies. The two older boys at this point are of militry age. It is not explained why they are not conscripted.

Created: 8:31 PM 12/20/2008
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