12-30-2016, 02:11 AM
There are two entries in Wikipedia with a lot of information
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The German word is "Nissenhütten" I remember them very well when I was little boy. They were used for German refugees from the eastern parts of the pre WWII German areas. Starting in the 1960s they disappeared or became low cost sheds for industrial use.
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The German word is "Nissenhütten" I remember them very well when I was little boy. They were used for German refugees from the eastern parts of the pre WWII German areas. Starting in the 1960s they disappeared or became low cost sheds for industrial use.
Reinhard