ABSTRACT
The splitting up of families without the possibility of making visits with all the accompanying problems is in the long run felt to be an intolerable burden both by men but in particular by women. . . . Above all, the married men say that their family is the only compensation they have for their heavy work load. One shouldn’t take away from them the only thing that makes life worth living. But the wives are no less subjected to a heavy mental burden because they want to live in their own homes, to look after them and to care for their husbands and children. . . .
