Germany After the War | A Family of the Industrial Ruhr | Documentary | 1958

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A documentary short examines the varied activities in the life of an average working man's family in the German industrial city of Essen after World War 2. A brilliant look at the 1950's life in Germany's Ruhr region.

The film explores the Maier family, father works in the steel plant, Mother stays at home and looks after the twin girls, son goes off to school. It offers richly interesting tidbits (milk break in school for those who pay for it, Essen is a town that's just covered in smoke all day, etc.) and tends not to delve into political matters. And watch out for the little "Karl Albrecht" corner shop at 7:23, it is now known as the discount supermarket chain "Aldi".


About the Ruhr region in Germany:
The Ruhr (German: Ruhrgebiet), or the Ruhr district, Ruhr region or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km² and a population of eight and a half million, it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany. It consists of several large, industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north. In the southwest it borders the Bergisches Land. It is considered part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region of more than 12 million people, which is among the largest in Europe.

From west to east, the region includes the cities of Duisburg, Oberhausen, Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Herne, Hagen, Dortmund, and Hamm, as well as parts of the more "rural" districts of Wesel, Recklinghausen, Unna and Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis. The most populous cities are Dortmund (approx. 572,000), Essen (approx. 566,000) and Duisburg (approx. 486,000). The Ruhr area has no administrative center; each city in the area has its own administration, although there exists the supracommunal "Regionalverband Ruhr" institution in Essen. Historically, the western Ruhr towns, such as Duisburg and Essen, belonged to the historic region of the Rhineland, whereas the eastern part of the Ruhr, including Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Dortmund and Hamm, were part of the region of Westphalia. Since the 19th century, these districts have grown together into a large complex with a vast industrial landscape, inhabited by some 7.3 million people (including Düsseldorf and Wuppertal).

For 2010, the Ruhr region was one of the European Capitals of Culture.


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