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Ilka Gräfin zu Ortenburg

Born 29 Jun 1942

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A life in time

  1. 29 Jun 1942

    Born

  2. 22 Aug 1972

    A daughter is born

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The 1940s · Ilka is born

Daily life

Schooling and Daily Costs for Children

Children typically attended day schools, carrying their books and lunches in long tin satchels. At schools like the Pestalozzi Fröbel Haus, pupils could purchase milk for 5 pfennigs or dine at school for 10 pfennigs.

News and letters

Berlin pneumatic tube mail system

Berlin used a pneumatic tube system (Rohrpost) with speeds up to 50 km/h to rapidly transport urgent documents like telegrams across the city through 255 kilometers of tubes.

In Europe1948–1952

The Marshall Plan

American aid of some $13 billion rebuilt the ruined economies of Western Europe.

The Second World War. The deadliest war in history, from 1939 to 1945: some 70 million people died. Brazil sent 25,000 soldiers to fight in Italy.Around the world · 1939–1945

The Second World War. The deadliest war in history, from 1939 to 1945: some 70 million people died. Brazil sent 25,000 soldiers to fight in Italy.

Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent · public domain

News and letters

Field post delivery times during wartime

During World War II, field post delivery times varied by front; for example, mail to the northern Eastern Front took 5 to 9 days, while mail to the southern Eastern Front took 12 to 16 days.

In Europe1941–1945

The Holocaust

Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews, and Roma, disabled people and others, in camps and mass shootings.

Around the world1945

The United Nations

Fifty-one countries, Brazil among them, founded the UN to keep the peace after the war.