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German Refugees
A snapshot of postwar refugees in Berlin traveling by railroad boxcar.
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.
Sigurd Olson Outdoors in Snow
1940
Winter scene with Sigurd Olson, age 41, probably taken for publicity purposes.
MP Headquarters
1946
Headquarters of Company C of the 793rd Military Police Battalion in post-World War II Germany. Although the location is not identified, Sigurd F. Olson, who took this photograph, labeled it as: "ta...
Sigurd Olson Contemplates the Wilderness
Sig Olson at a wilderness camping site, probably in the Quetico area.
