Reparations

View from dome of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England. 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).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley and other members of the U.S. Reparations Mission Staff observe a schoolroom of children at the Displaced Persons Farm in Furth, Germany. 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).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley stands with a group of school children at the Displaced Persons Farm 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).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley and English Director stand in the hallway of living quarters for displaced persons at the Displaced Persons Farm 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).

At the Displaced Persons Farm, Furth, Germany, Ambassador Edwin Pauley (fourth from left) stands with three boys identified as having been born in the infamous Nazi Buchenwald Concentration Camp. 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).

A group of men work the cabbage patch at the Displaces Persons Farm, formerly owned by "Jew Baiter" Streicher, 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 building described as "the Theatre" at Displaced Persons Farm, formerly owned by "Jew Baiter" Streicher, 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).

Karlskirche, one of the most famous churches in Vienna, Austria. 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).

Looking down Kohlmarkt toward Michaeler Burgtor in Vienna, Austria. 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 Church of St. Rupert and the Roman Vienna, the most ancient building in Vienna, Austria. It is said that the foundation was erected in 740 A.D. 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).