Reconstruction (1939-1951)

An unidentified Russian slave laborer, suffering from tuberculosis, in a hospital at Seesen, Germany. The hospital was taken by troops of the 2nd Armored Division, U.S. Ninth Army.

Malnourished unidentified Jewish ex-slave laborers wait for care from the United States Army and Red Cross. They were rescued when the Infantry of the U.S. Ninth Army intercepted the train they were aboard.

An unidentified Viennese woman feeds school children lunch in Vienna. The food for the children was provided by the United States.

Unidentified prisoners of war at the Army 121st Evacuation Hospital, near Neubau, Austria. The hospital is in an abandoned German airport, and the prisoners were brought there after their removal from concentration camps.

An unidentified young, malnourished girl poses for a photographer after being found near Volary, Czechoslovakia, by the 5th Division of the United States Army.

Captain Richard Berman, with the 5th Infantry Division (from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) administers blood plasma to an unidentified malnourished former concentration camp prisoner.

An unidentified woman cooks a meal in war-torn Europe. This woman illustrates this conditions of people in Europe and the need for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

An unidentified Hungarian Jew at a former German airport near Linz, Austria awaits admittance to the U.S. 121st Evacuation Hospital.

Former unidentified concentration camp internees at Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany share an afternoon meal.

School children from Asprangeli, Greece enjoy a mid-day meal, with food provided by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.