Coveted Possession: A Woman Defends her Bicycle (1945)

In 1945, bicycles were a coveted means of transportation and in Berlin, a special permission was required to ride one. Here, a Soviet soldier attempts to wrest a bicycle from a German woman in Berlin. Apparently, she did not have permission or evidence thereof. Photographer unknown.

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