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Black-market trading between soldiers and civilians - Berlin Tiergarten - summer 1945
Cameras, household goods and hierlooms were traded for money or cigarettes - to then purchase scarce food
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Berliners looking for anything of value that can be used for barter
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Citizens of Dresden sorting out useable brick and stone as a volunteer effort to rebuild Germany
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A woman in Nuremberg in a makeshift home cooking a mix of apples, potatoes and greens
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A small group of German women and children arriving in the British sector of Berlin - October 1945
the sole survivors of 150 who were expelled from Lodz, Poland, 270 miles away.
The mother in front is striding out ahead, anxious to get help for her 3-year old son.
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The mother clasps the son to keep him warm – and then realizes that her son has just died.
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The women grieving as the boy's head is pillowed on a railroad track
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