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Title	Another view of Kassel, Germany, May 1945
Creator	Shaffer, Melvin C.
Description	Within a few days of the end of the war, the city of Kassel was digging itself out. This was the most destroyed city I encountered. There were no useable buildings left. People had made entrances to cellars and were using them as housing. Water came only from the rain, and there was very little food, as the Allies had not as yet set up the civil feeding stations. I believe it took an effort on the citizens' part to swallow their pride and beg from us anything they could drink or eat. Here as in many other places we would give our last food ration to the local population, often going hungry for one or two days before replenishing our own supplies.
Original Date	1945
Place Depicted	Germany
City or Area	Kassel
Keywords	World War 1939-1945, Kassel, Germany, Description, Travel, Social conditions 1933-1945, Buildings, War damage, Streets, Carriages, Carts, Draft animals, Pedestrians, Panoramic photography, Photographs
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 Kassel (Germany)--Description and travel--Photographs Kassel (Germany)--Social conditions--1933-1945--Photographs Buildings--War damage--Germany--Photographs Streets--Kassel (Germany)--Photographs Carriages and carts--Photographs Draft animals--Photographs Pedestrians--Photographs Photography, Panoramic
Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2002-05-25
Digital Format	.jpg
Call Number	Ag2002.1454
SMU File Name	gmcs127g.jpg
Digital Collection	Melvin C. Shaffer World War II Photographs
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	The files in this collection are protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted without the written permission of Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries. These files may be freely used for educational purposes, provided they are not altered in any way, and Southern Methodist University is cited. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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