Erinnerung an Weihnachten nach dem Krieg

Wegen Corona, sagen manche Politiker, erwarte uns "das härteste Weihnachten seit Kriegsende". Stimmt das wirklich? Drei Zeitzeugen öffnen für uns eine Tür in die Vergangenheit.

von Gabriele Weiß

Heiligabend Mitte der 1930er Jahre.

Bild: Weiß/privat

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Familie Hüttner aus Ehenfeld im Jahr 1940. Hans, der jüngste Sohn, war damals 11 Jahre alt. Drei seiner vier Brüder wurden zur Wehrmacht eingezogen. Bild: Hüttner/privat

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Ulrike Merl mit ihrer Mutter, den beiden älteren Schwestern und dem jüngeren Bruder Anfang der 1940er Jahre in Breslau. Im Februar 1945 verließen alle fünf die Stadt und kamen zunächst bei Verwandten in Dresden unter. Bild: Merl/privat

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Frauen bücken sich nach Kohlenstücken oder klettern gleich ganz auf den Waggon eines Kohlenzuges und stehlen das begehrte Heizmaterial: ein Archivfoto aus dem Jahr 1946. Bild: agentur_dpa

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