Reparations

Top of an air-raid shelter in Berlin, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Unidentified Asian men in vehicle in a busy city street, probably Tokyo, pointing away from photographer. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Street scene showing rickshaws in either Shanghai or Peiping, China. From album created by Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

Street scene in either Shanghai or Peiping in China. From album created by Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

These are tourists - not monks. Visitors to either Shanghai or Peiping. From album created by Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

Street scene with rickshaws and people on foot, described as "Peiping Funeral" referring to Peiping, China. It is winter and snowy. From album created by Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

Max and Martin at the sign of the Flying Red Horse. H. D. Maxwell and Martin T. Bennett of the Reparations Committee pose in front of sign on street in Peiping, China. From album created by Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

View of Forbidden City in Peiping, China. From album created by Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

Snapshot of Forbidden City in Peiping, China. It appears to be Dr. David R. Jenkins in foreground. From album created by Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.