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Here, we see the waiting room for unskilled male workers at Berlin’s central employment office, which was located on Gormannstraße. Among workers, unskilled wage-laborers were the most vulnerable to unemployment. By providing social services, the state sought to address the problems resulting from joblessness. At the employment office shown below job seekers could learn about available work opportunities.

Men at the Employment Office (1913)

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Source: bpk-Bildagentur, image number 20030033. For rights inquiries, please contact Art Resource at requests@artres.com (North America) or bpk-Bildagentur at kontakt@bpk-bildagentur.de (for all other countries).

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