Butene hamburger
Butenhamburger was the name given to citizens of Hamburg who left the city or were evacuated during the Second World War .
Origin of name and meaning
The term Butenhamburger is derived from the Low German term for “outside”, which is “buten”. It was used in the Second World War for former residents of the city who stayed outside ("buten") of Hamburg due to the war and often could not or did not want to return.
history
During the air raids on Hamburg in July and August 1943, around 1 million people fled the city area. In addition, around 150,000 children from Hamburg traveled to other areas of the German Reich as well as Denmark and Hungary as part of the extended children's area . This corresponded to more than half of the population at that time. Of the people who had fled, around 28% returned to Hamburg before the end of the war. Most of the evacuees had been in Schleswig-Holstein or Lower Saxony since 1945/46 .
After the war ended, many of the Butenhamburgers were unable to return to Hamburg due to a lack of housing. Even if a part of the family had found a job in the city, their family was not regularly allowed into the city in 1950.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (Ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 4th, updated and expanded special edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3 , p. 135.