German civilians desperate for food, supplies, and fuel at end of World War 2 loot a warehouse in Munich, Germany. German civilians fill buckets with coal from a railroad yard and loot a warehouse for food. The civilians carry crates out of the warehouse. They break the crates with bricks.
Street scene in Munich, Germany, at end of World War II. Germans gathered at a street corner. An American jeep, displaying a single star on its bumper, driving along the street, past boys riding on bicycles. U.S. Brigadier General, carrying brief case, steps from jeep and enters building. Inside, two U.S. soldiers stand in front of a large map labeled Brunn's Plan of Munich. Group of high-ranking German officers enter room with an American soldier interpreter. They discuss the map with the U.S. Brigadier General. Outside a large group of German officers and POW German soldiers is gathered on a sidewalk. A larger group is assembled at a small square in front of buildings, guarded by members of the U.S. 222nd Anti-Tank Company of the 42nd Division. The German troop prisoners line up in formation and march, several abreast, along a street, led by a U.S.Army truck pulling a mobile weapon. Several American soldiers accompany the group. German citizens walking on street and sidewalks seem to ignore the activity. As the German soldiers pass through the ancient Munich Karlstor City Gate at the center of the city (Near Karlsplatz - Stachus, Neuhauser Street), they hold their hands behind their necks.
Nazi plaque at Feldherrnhalle (Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany) during World War II. A bridge on a river in Munich, Germany. Buildings of Munich damaged due to the bombing by the Allied bombers during World War II. Civilians pass by the ruins of destroyed buildings. The famous "Church of Two Towers" or Frauenkirche (Frauenplatz 12, 80331 München, Germany) damaged by bombing of Allied bombers. The Frauenkirche towers.
A destroyed railroad station in Munich, Germany during World War II. Railway tracks sprung and bend, signal poles damaged due to bombing from Allied bombers. Roof of the station shattered by explosion. Wrecked tracks and cars at the station. Rubble all over the station.
German prisoners of war march through streets in Munich Germany, guarded by U.S. soldiers. German prisoners have their hands folded behind their head. Several United States Army soldiers are seen traveling in Jeeps. People are seen riding bicycles on streets. Damaged and destroyed buildings of downtown Munich and rubble from World War II Allied bombing are seen. Scenes from front and back of Karlstor gate (Neuhauser Str., 80331 München, Germany) as German prisoner columns pass through the historic gate.
Large numbers of surrendered German soldiers march in loose formation along a street in Munich, Germany, a week before the end of World War 2, in Europe. Point of view (POV) shot from camera moving beside and slightly faster than the column of surrendered and captured German soldiers. A group of American soldiers riding on a Sherman tank, pass the camera. Several M-36 Jackson tank destroyers pass, also loaded with U.S. soldiers. Two German women are seated, quietly, on a parked M1 57mm gun from an Anti-Tank Company of the 222nd Infantry Regiment (42nd Rainbow Division). Saddened German civilian spectators watch the goings on from an island in the center of the street. Pedestrians, cyclists, and people moving goods on hand carts, cross on an intersecting street. The columns of surrendered German soldiers line the other street, away from the intersection. Some of the German women watching wipe tears from their eyes.