Reparations

Damage of a historic church in which the Kings of Hesse were crowned in Frankfurt, 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).

The living quarters (or, billets) of the Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission at 49 Am Hirsch Sprung in Berlin, Germany. It was the former home of the Nazi Minister of Education. 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).

The living quarters (or, billets) of the Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission at 49 Am Hirsch Sprung in Berlin, Germany. It was the former home of the Nazi Minister of Education. 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).

The living quarters (or, billets) of the Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission at 49 Am Hirsch Sprung in Berlin, Germany. It was the former home of the Nazi Minister of Education. 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.B. Einig and Earl Shaner, Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission, relax 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).

Breadline 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).

Members of U.S. Reparations Mission leaving their billets at 48 Am Hirsch Sprung in Berlin, Germany for Frankfurt. 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. B. Einig taking a photograph 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).

Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission having dinner at their billet, 48 Am Hirsch Sprung in Berlin, Germany. Edwin Pauley is seated at the head of the table. 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).

Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission having dinner at their billets, 48 Am Hirsch Sprung in Berlin, Germany. Edwin Pauley is seated at the head of the table. 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).