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.
German prisoners marched through streets of Munich Germany, after its capture by Allied forces in World War II. Column of German Army soldiers 3 deep marches out of the city. United States Army jeeps seen on streets. Several people seen riding bicycles on street. Pedestrians seen on streets.
German civilian crowd seen on the streets in Munich in Germany near end of World War 2, with poverty and scarcity common. Men and women carrying sacks of fuel coal on shoulders. People carrying boxes and buckets filled with coal gathered from coal yards. Several people load coal on hand carts. People gather near the entrance of a warehouse or tunnel. They crowd and push each other as they try to get boxes of supplies from inside the storage area. Two German women use bricks or stones to try to break open a wooden supply container (unsuccessfully). Other German citizens carry away similarly sized boxes of unknown supplies.
An old German man carrying a stick and a packet seen on the street in Munich in Germany. Several men and women carry boxes filled with fuel coal gathered from coal yards. Needy German women wearing gloves and scarves seen as they forage and gather fuel and supplies near end of World War 2 in Europe.
German needy civilians near end of World War 2 forage for supplies of food and fuel. German people fill sacks using shovels with coal from coal yards in Munich in Germany. Several men and women load sacks and carry them on hand carts.
Bombed city of Cologne in Germany during World War II. Destroyed buildings seen in the city. View of ruins and rubble in the city. Civilians walking through the ruins, carrying luggage with them.
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