Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: 1945-08-26
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.293345

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Displaced persons; attached inscription, typed: 800,000 HOMELESS GERMAN REFUGEES SWARM / INTO BERLIN FROM EASTERN AREAS – FACE / STARVATION. / These photos just made in Berlin illustrate / the situation created by the displacement / of millions of former residents of Poland / and Czechoslovakia – all Germans – who have / been compelled to evacuate their homes. / Since July 1st, 800,000 German refugees from / these territories have arrived in Berlin. / Most of them have been forced to leave again, / as there is insufficient food and shelter / for them in the German capital. / A chaotic condition has resulted – men, women / and children wander over the country from / oity to town. / The problem apparently is insoluble so long / as the Germans arrive without supervision / in disorganized groups. As winter approaches / Allied authorities search for a solution. / In some of these pictures, refugees from the / Oder river region of Poland are seen reading / the first newspaper they have seen for months. / All the photos were taken in or near the / Stettiner Railway Station in Berlin after / the arrival of the latest group of exhausted / Germans from the territories now taken over / by the Poles. / GX.1239 – 1259. 26//8//45. PN.; sticker: MIL05OWEN0077 01 / [copyright symbol] 2002 Owen / Black Star (212)679-3288 / [bar code]; sticker, stamped: [star shape] / [Credit:] / from BLACK STAR; handwritten: DA 12704; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / [GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK]Captions: Verso: 800,000 HOMELESS GERMAN REFUGEES SWARM INTO BERLIN FROM EASTERN AREAS -- FACE STARVATIONThese photos just made in Berlin illustrate the situation created by the displacement of millions of former residents of Poland and Czechoslovakia -- all Germans -- who have been compelled to evaluate their homes.Since July 1st, 800,000 German refugees from these territories have arrived in Berlin.Most of them have been forced to leave again as there is insufficient food and shelter for them in the German capital.A chaotic condition has resulted -- men, women and children wander over the country from city to town. The problem apparently is insoluble so long as the Germans arrive without supervision in disorganized groups. As winter approaches Allied authorities search for a solution.In some of these pictures, refugees from the Oder river region of Poland are seen reading the first newspaper they have seen for months.All the photos were taken in or near the Stettiner Railway Station in Berlin after the arrival of the latest group of exhausted Germans from the territories now taken over the Poles.GX. 1239-1259. 26/8/45. PN.Markings:Verso: 800,000 HOMELESS GERMAN REFUGEES SWARM INTO BERLIN FROM EASTERN AREAS -- FACE STARVATIONThese photos just made in Berlin illustrate the situation created by the displacement of millions of former residents of Poland and Czechoslovakia -- all Germans -- who have been compelled to evaluate their homes.Since July 1st, 800,000 German refugees from these territories have arrived in Berlin.Most of them have been forced to leave again as there is insufficient food and shelter for them in the German capital.A chaotic condition has resulted -- men, women and children wander over the country from city to town. The problem apparently is insoluble so long as the Germans arrive without supervision in disorganized groups. As winter approaches Allied authorities search for a solution.In some of these pictures, refugees from the Oder river region of Poland are seen reading the first newspaper they have seen for months.All the photos were taken in or near the Stettiner Railway Station in Berlin after the arrival of the latest group of exhausted Germans from the territories now taken over the Poles.GX. 1239-1259. 26/8/45. PN.

Tagasauris Keywords: Child and adult; Day; Full-Length Portrait; Group of people; Group of people; Low angle View; Male and Female; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Social issues
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: MISCELLANEOUS / HOMELESS GERMAN REFUGEES
Retouching: N