Berlin's Rubble Women

Berlin’s Rubble Women

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Broadcaster

BBC

TX Date

3rd Dec 2018

Producer

Kristine Pommert

Producer

Caroline Wyatt

Commissioner

Kirsty Reid

At the end of WW2 much of Germany’s capital had been destroyed by bombing and artillery. Almost half of all houses and flats had been damaged and a million Berliners were homeless.

Caroline Wyatt has been speaking to Helga Cent-Velden, one of the women tasked with helping clear the rubble to make the city habitable again.

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