Images - Scarcity and Moral Uncertainty in Occupied Germany

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1.	Everyday life in a Berlin Refugee Camp (1945) For the nearly 9.5 million refugees in Germany in 1945, life in refugee camps was the norm, and standing in line was a tiresome commonplace (1945). Photographer unknown.
2.	Worldly Goods in a Knapsack (1945) With society in ruins in 1945, a knapsack was, for various reasons, an indispensable commodity for many people – refugees, the homeless, hoarders, or those returning home. Photographer unknown.
3.	Permission to Ride a Bicycle (July 24, 1945) Germans were allowed to ride bicycles only in exceptional cases, with special permission. Here is a precious certificate entitling the holder to use a bicycle on the authority of the local police....
4.	Prized Possession: A Woman Defends her Bicycle (1945) In 1945, bicycles were a commodity coveted by everyone. Here, a Soviet soldier attempts to wrest a bicycle from a German woman (1945). Photographer unknown.
5.	A Cobbler in Potsdam (1946) A cobbler offers his services on the street and examines the shoes of a female customer. The destroyed Potsdam train station appears in the background (1946). Photograph by Friedrich Seidenstücker.
6.	Scene in Front of the Train Station in Hamburg-Altona (1947)
7.	Waiting for Special Rations: Line in Front of a Meat Shop in Hamburg-Winterhude (1947)
8.	Cyclist Transports a CARE Package (1948) Urban devastation and hunger are closely associated with Germany’s early postwar period. That many people were spared from starvation despite inadequate provisions is due, not least, to the measures....
9.	Opening a CARE Package (1948)
10.	Advertisement for Leberwurst Substitute at a Leipzig Store (1948)
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