Filmed on location in Berlin, Germany. September 2008. Directed by Hendrik S. Schmitt/Zeitschnitt www.aesthetic-perfection.net http www.sickpix.org

From the Dorothea Lange Collection – photos of migrants in California during the Great Depression (1935-1945). It is interesting how the thread of comments for this video has taken a life of its own. I posted this video as a tribute to Dorothea Lange, as her amazing photos transcend both race and time. She had a unique ability to recognize and capture the soul of people who struggled under extreme conditions. Many people from the Great Depression went on to lead long productive lives, and it is heartening to read comments from relatives of those who survived. Perhaps we can all learn from the photos and the glimpse they provide into American history.

Great Depression of the 1930’s had many causes. I learned that the main cause was a stockmarket crash and structural flaws in banks(overleveraging?) encouraged by bad monetary policy similar to what happened this decade, there was also a drought during that time that ruined agriculture. Well of course I don’t think they printed as much money then as the fed is printing now. So how is it different from the depression America is going in?

91 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Depression. www.GreatDepressionCooking.com

Im doing a report about the Great Depression in the south. Can you tel, me exactly what happened in the south during the great depression?

Thank you!

91 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Depression. www.GreatDepressionCooking.com

I’m just wondering whether pundits and economists called it a “recession” or a “downturn” or other such euphemisms until long after it was over, when it was finally acknowledged to be a depression, or whether they called it a global depression right from the start.