Reparations

Exterior of power plant at Fouhsin, Manchuria. Large holes are cut in the sides of the building so generators could be removed by Soviets during occupation. Piles of debris around the premises indicates the great haste and rough handling of the machinery. 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).

Exterior view of power plant at Fouhsin, Manchuria. Holes were cut in the walls of the building so generators could be removed by Soviets during occupation. 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).

General external view of power plant at Fouhsin, Manchuria. The plant, with 160,000 KW capacity, served the Fushin coal mines. Here the entire capacity was removed, bringing coal mining to a stop and causing the mines to flood. 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).

External view of power plant at Fouhsin, Manchuria, showing large hole in side of building through which equipment was moved. Railroad tracks were also laid into the buildings to facilitate removals. 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).

Power plant at Fouhsin, Manchuria. The Soviets' removal job at the plant resulted in a good deal of small miscellaneous equipment being damaged and scattered. 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).

Chinese laborers using hand-mining methods at open pit coal mine at Fouhsin, Manchuria. 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).

Mouth of the one of the inclines at coal mines at Hsian, Manchuria. 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).

A woman prepares a meal in the kitchen of a typical apartment at the Displaced Persons Camp in Furth, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Two women make the bed in a typical apartment at the Displaced Persons Camp in Furth, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

View of Exterior, Displaced Persons Camp, Furth, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).