World War, 1939-1945

An unidentified woman bends over a container in a street in Europe, an example of the kind of people needing help from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

An unidentified malnourished man lies in a hospital bed. This man illustrates the condition of some of the people in Europe after the war and the need for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA).

A small unidentified child stands in front a doorway in Europe. This child serves as an example of the type of people aided by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

An unidentified man weighs a malnourished unidentified little boy. This child served as an example of the type of people aided by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

An unidentified man in a hospital bed at the end of WWII. This man is an example of the type of people aided by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

Two unidentified children on the street in Europe, examples of why the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration is necessary.

A photograph of wax mannequins of the "Big Four" - from left to right, Chiang-Kai Shek, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Marshal Josef Stalin. These manikins were on display in cities throughout the United States for Bond and Red Cross drives during World War II.

Photograph taken on VE Day in Detroit, Michigan, showing a Adolf Hitler being hung in effigy. The sign in the photo reads, "The Paper Hanger is Bound to Hang."

Nuclear weapon of the "Little Boy" type, the kind detonated over Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II. The bomb is 28 inches in diameter and 120 inches long. The first nuclear weapon ever detonated, it weighed about 9,000 pounds and had a yield equivalent to approximately 20,000 tons of high explosive.

Area of devastation by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.