Large number of German prisoner of war soldiers assembled in barracks yard in British Zone in Germany, just after the end of World War 2 in Europe. The German soldiers are being demobilized, finger printed, and insignia are removed from their uniforms. A man cuts a wing symbol off of a German officer's hat. A German farmer addresses the group. Soldiers work in farm and pitch hay.
U.S. soldiers in Saint Malo, France. Civilians with cycles. Civilians talk to each other. Prisoners in field. Civilians talk to them. A civilian talks to an officer with map. A man holds documents in a communications truck. Civilians behind a fence in the background. A sign reads 'St Malo'. A woman leads a cow. A man with a baby carriage. Trucks loaded with U.S. soldiers pass by. (World War II period).
United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. POWs (Prisoners of War) are being returned to Naples, Italy after World War II. Interior of the washroom of the USS Wasp. Men stand on opposite side of rows in front of bowls in the washroom. They scrub themselves. Men shave aboard the ship.
Large number of captured German soldiers is marched along a pathway,in Mulhausen (Mulhouse), Alsace, guarded by French soldiers of the 1st Army, during World War 2. They are followed by groups of French irregulars, who also perform guard duties as a contingent of the German soldiers is marched through the center of town, past Mulhouse Cathedral.German prisoners are herded into a narrow alleyway where they are searched and processed by French troops.
Ruins of buildings in Warsaw Ghetto of Warsaw, Poland, soon after World War 2. German prisoners of war at work clearing the ruins of buildings. A cross on the top of the ruins. A horse cart loaded with debris and a man in it move on a path. Two girls move along the path. Ruins of buildings on either side of the path. A lamp post among the ruins. Workmen clearing the rubble. The horse cart loaded with rubbish on a path. Men beside it. The cart moves along the path.
Former German slaves in Lippstadt, Germany after World War II. People looting shops. A group of former women laborers getting into a truck. The women holding their belongings. Two former women slaves embracing. An old and a young woman pulling a cart with baskets along a street. Several men and women on a walkway of the road. A group of former slaves moves on a road holding wine bottles. Men and women crowding around wine kegs. A group of men and women pouring wine from a bottle on the road. The men and the women smiling. A man drinking wine from a bottle. A man on a wheelchair drinking wine from a bottle. Two boys behind him. Drunken men milling about on the road. A large crowd on the road near a few drums. Women carrying baskets walk along the road. Released prisoners playing accordion and singing. A road sign giving directions. A crowd on the street. U.S. armored vehicles passing through crowds.
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