United States Army Third Armored Division enter the village of Gressenich, in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). United States Army trucks and Jeeps drive on both sides of the road. Destroyed houses along both sides of the road. Sign reads “Gressenich”. Destroyed houses in the foreground. Debris on the ground. A road leading to the destroyed village. Piles of debris. Damaged houses and tower with no roofs. Electrical wires foreground to wrecked buildings A destroyed Medieval church.
United States Army enter the village of Gressenich, in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). Sign on post reads “Gressenich”. A road leading to the destroyed village. Streetcar tracks are seen on the left side of the road. United States Army trucks drive in both sides of the road in Gressenich. Destroyed houses along the side of the road. Electrical wires connected to posts in the foreground. Damaged houses and tower with no roofs. Piles of debris in the ground. A badly destroyed house with a gaping hole from damage. A destroyed attic of a house. The roof is only left with its wooden frame. A destroyed Medieval church with bombed tower and Gothic windows. A ransacked room. Furniture and debris are lying down on the floor. A portrait of Adolf Hitler hangs sideways next to smashed globe.
United States Army Third Armored Division in destroyed village of Gressenich, Germany during World War II. Glass jars with spilled nuts, grains or lentils on the ground. A portrait of Adolf Hitler with shattered glass lying on the ground. United States soldiers hang laundry on clothesline surrounded by damaged houses. Soldiers bring items to their Jeep.
Damaged houses on the street in the village of Gressenich in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). A Red Cross truck and a convoy of Jeeps drive on the road, passing by the destroyed houses. Ruins of an old stone building. Debris scattered on the ground. A ruined photograph of Adolf Hitler with Hermann Göring lying on the road. Close up of vehicles driving next to photograph until it is blown away by the wind. A Military Policeman directs traffic. United States soldiers sitting on chairs under arch of a destroyed building.
600 displaced Kalmyk people living in Ingolstadt Displaced Persons (DP) Camp, West Germany. A German girl rides her bicycle in front of a former army barracks now housing Kalmyk refugees from the Soviet Union. Kalmyk people and pets in refugee camp. A Kalmyk man goes downstairs. A Kalmyk woman mopping floors of a corridor. A stone statue of Buddha. A man spins a Buddhist prayer wheel and smokes incense from an incense burner. A tapestry depicting Buddha on display. Kalmyk Buddhist monks praying. Buddhist monks offer a plate of grain and glass beads. A Kalmyk woman hang laundry in front of a Christian cross adorned with garlands. Kalmyk men drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. Kalmyk women sit on the grass while holding babies. A pet goat is seen with the women. A Kalmyk boy and a little girl looking pensive. Kalmyk children playing with ball in the refugee center. Men drinking in front of a makeshift barber with sign reads “Friseur”. Children climbing up stairs. Kalmyk children attend a language class in English, French, or Spanish.
A photographer takes pictures of Dr. Sandcha Stepanow, a Russian-born lawyer and leader of the 600 displaced Kalmyks in Ingolstadt Displaced Persons Camp, West Germany after World War II. Dr. Stepanow meets with journalists in the camp. A Kalmyk family inside their flat in the refugee camp. A woman uses a sewing machine. The man plays with a young toddler. A woman tries on a new dress as a dressmaker adjusts the dress sleeves. An elderly Kalmyk man holds an infant playing with keys. An artist draws a charcoal illustration of an elderly man in traditional Kalmyk attire. A Kalmyk woman applies shaving cream on a man’s face at a barber shop inside the Ingolstadt Displaced Persons Camp. A Kalmyk man walks through The Kreuztor gate in Ingolstadt on his way to work. A German man greets the Kalmyk man. Displaced refugees, including a young woman, study at vocational training school in Ingolstadt. Kalmyk professor teaches in class. The Kalmyk instructor assists a man during a lesson.
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