Out of the Rubble

Germany: Memories of a Nation - A podcast by BBC Radio 4

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Neil MacGregor talks to a Trümmerfrau, a woman who cleared rubble from the streets of Berlin in 1945, and focuses on a sculpture by Max Lachnit, a portrait of a Trümmerfrau made from hundreds of pieces of rubble.Neil also examines the role the launch of the Deutsch Mark played in the re-building of Germany. Producer Paul Kobrak.