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.2005.293346

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: OA12704; attached inscription, typed: 800,000 HOMLESS GERMAN REFUGEES SWARM / INTO BERLIN FROM EASTERN AREAS – FACE / STARVATION. / These pictures just made in Berlin illustrate / the situation created by the dislaoment of / millions of former residents of Poland and / Czechoslovakia – all Germans – who have been / compelled to evacuate their homes. / Since 1st July 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 situation has resulted – men, women / and children wander over the country from oity / to town. / The problem is apparently insoluble as long as / the Germans arrive without supervision in /[illeg.] groups. As winter approaches / allied authorities search for a solution. / In some of these pictures [illeg.] from the / Oder river [illeg.] of Poland are seen reading / the first manager they have seen for months. / All photos were [illeg.] in or over the Stetriner / Railway Station in Berlin after the arrival of / the last group of [illeg.] from the / territories form taken over by the Polos. / GX. 1239 – 1259. 25th August 1945. PN.; sticker: [illeg.] / sicker, stamped: Credit: / [copyright symbol] 1978 / from BLACK STAR; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / [GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK]Captions: 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 & 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 is apparently insoluble so long as long as the Germans arrive without supervision in disorganised 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.Markings: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 & 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 is apparently insoluble so long as long as the Germans arrive without supervision in disorganised 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.

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