Rheinwiesenlager
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The Rheinwiesenlager were a group of 19 camps built in the Allied-occupied part of Germany by the U.S. Army to hold captured German soldiers at the close of the Second World War. Officially named Pris
A U.S. soldier at Camp Remagen guarding thousands of German soldiers captured in the Ruhr area on 25 April 1945
The exposed conditions within Sinzig POW camp, 16 May 1945.
Food in occupied Germany
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American food policy in occupied Germany refers to the food supply policies enacted by the U.S., and to some extent its Allies, in the western occupation zones of Germany in the first two years of the
The hunger-winter of 1947, thousands protest against the disastrous food situation (March 31, 1947).
Ration card for a manual labourer in the British zone (1946).