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.2005.293349

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: OA12704; 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 / 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 / by the Poles. / GX.1239 – 1259. 26//8//45. PN.; sticker: MIL05OWEN0078 01 / [copyright symbol] 2002 Owen / Black Star (212)679-3288 / [bar code]; sticker: Berlin, Germany (ca. 1945) / Homeless German refugees swarm into Berlin from eastern / area – face starvation.; handwritten: 5 of 5; sticker, stamped: [star shape] / Credit: [copyright symbol] 1978 / from BLACK STARCaptions: Verso: 800,000 HOMELESS GERMAN REFUGEES SWARM / INTO BERLIN FROM EASTERN AREA - FACE / STARVATION. /These photo 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 / 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 / by the Poles.GX. 1239 -1259. 26/8/45. PN.Markings:Verso: 800,000 HOMELESS GERMAN REFUGEES SWARM / INTO BERLIN FROM EASTERN AREA - FACE / STARVATION. /These photo 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 / 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 / by the Poles.GX. 1239 -1259. 26/8/45. PN.

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