Reply To: In der Alter Heim some people couldnt afford a pair of shoes or a coat…..

I think they had a lower standard of living than that which we have become used to. Look around at the vast amounts of “products” available for pesach. I doubt in previous generations they had kosher l’pesach frozen pizza, or cereal. They made do with what they had. I had heard from someone that people had certain pots that they kept chometz free all year and that they would save the chicken fat etc all year round to prepare for pesach.