EMERGENCY HOMES
GERMAN HOUSE SHORTAGE
DEFICIT OF 2 000.000 ROOMS
Striking proof of the destruction and dislocation the air war lias brought to Germany is provided by the schemc. for emergency homes, says the London Times. The original idea is attributed to Hitler —as was that for the people's cai*. Ley, in announcing details 1 of the scheme, said that berore. the air war there were 92.,000,000 rooms: for 89.000,000 inhabitants in Greater Germany, and that of these roughly 2,000'000 rooms had been destroyed. The bungalows for the. bombed arc to consist of a living room and a bedroom. The living room will be used by the parents as a bedroom. The building materials are. to. be mass-produced in factories, and the .slabs are put together. Ley explains, as "the pieces! of a meccano set" are. Production of the. slabs has. however, only just begun, and therefore a certificate to build, will be granted.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 44, 28 January 1944, Page 3
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154EMERGENCY HOMES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 44, 28 January 1944, Page 3
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