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German Refugees
1945
Refugees traveling by boxcar. Although the location is unidentified it was probably taken by Sigurd Olson in or near Berlin either late in 1945 or early in 1946.
Refugees Scavenging
circa 1940-1949
Snapshot taken by Sigurd Olson of refugees scavenging in military trash bins. Although the location is not identified, it is probably in or near Berlin.
Postwar Berlin
1946
Men pulling a cart. It was, he wrote, the way "people move their stuff." Although undated, it was taken before June, 1946 when he returned to the United States.
Coffin Cart
1946
A coffin cart photographed by Sigurd Olson while traveling, probably in Germany, shortly after the end of the World War II.
Enroute to Class
1946
Conservationist Sigurd F. Olson, who was on a special military teaching assigment, took this picture of U.S. troops in Berlin marching to his lecture. Bombed buildings are visible in the background.
Food Cart
1946
American soldier purchasing something from a food cart, a scene photographed by conservationist Sigurd Olson while traveling in Europe immediately after the end of World War II.
