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HIST 124 Europe, 1945

Bibliographic suggestions from Vassar Library for Ms. Maria Höhn's course.

Life Magazine Pictures

Women

Life, 7 May 1945, 83. (US nurses in Europe)

Life. 2 July 1945, 24. (Negative view of German Women)

Life, 9 July 1945, 98-101. (US GIs with French girls)

Life, 23 July 1945, 35. (German girls and US GIs)

Life, 8 October 1945, 40. (War Crimes of a German Woman)

Life, 15 October 1945, 51-54. (Play of black GI in love with a white girl)

Life, 19 November 1945, 45-48. (British war brides in USA)

Life, 18 February 1946, 27-31. (War brides arrive in USA)

Life, 15 April 1946, 107. (USA War Widow)

Life, 20 May 1946, 30A-30D. (Nazi Women)

Life, 27 May 1946, 55-57. (US women join their GI husbands in Germany)

Life, 14 October 1946, 40-41. (Wives and children visit sentenced Nurnberg prisoners)

Life, 13 October 1947, 48. (Lovesick German girl ships self to USA)

Life, 27 October 1947, 44-45. (Model attacked in French market)

Life, 31 May 1948, 39-42. (US GIs with Soviet girls)

 

Children

Life, 29 October 1945, 128. (British children evacuees returned)

Life, 3 December 1945, 49-52. (Berlin Children)

Life, 7 January 1946, 21-25. (Post-war European winter affects)

Life, 10 June 1946, 53-56. (Children Immigrants)

Life, 14 October 1946, 40-41. (Wives and children visit sentenced Nurnberg prisoners)

Life, 30 December 1946, 22-23. (Europe’s children at Christmas time)

Life, 3 March 1947, 36-37. (German children looking for parents post-war)

Life, 15 September 1947, 124-138. (Germany’s lost youth)

Life, 3 November 1947, 63-64. (Child Smugglers)

Life, 2 February 1948, 30. (Children Swarm food trucks in Italy)

Life, 5 April 1948, 75-78. (The Search- movie on DP children)

Life, 17 May 1948, 90-92. (NY Children’s crusade for hungry European children)

Life, 23 August 1948, 41. (US GIs’ illegitimate children)

Life, 27 December 1948, 13-19. (Europe’s Children Hungry)

 

Bombed Cities/Post-War Europe  

Life, 8 January 1945, 46-52. (Bombed Normandy)

Life, 12 February 1945, 24. (Bombed Russia)

Life, 26 March 1945, 38. (Cologne Cathedral bombed)

Life, 30 April 1945, 47-67. (paintings of war in different countries)

Life, 7 May 1945, 96. (Bombed Normandy)

Life, 4 June 1945, 21-27. (Bombed Germany)

Life, 17 September 1945, 70-76. (Sketches of post-war torn Italy)

Life, 19 November 1945, 109-117. (Post-war Poland)

Life, 28 January 1946, 50-62. (Paintings of Yugoslavia)

Life, 4 March 1946, 92-104. (Vienna)  

Life, 15 April 1946, 95-99. (Berlin Express)

Life, 3 March 1947, 49-50. (New Europe Map)

Life, 28 April 1947, 105-116. (Britain in Crisis)

Life, 24 November 1947, 120-134. (Naples’ Slums)

 

Displaced Persons

Life, 16 April 1945, 28-29. (displaced persons)

Life, 14 May 1945, 88A. (DP map)

Life, 14 May 1945, 88B-C. (DP return)

Life, 30 July 1945, 13-19. (DPs)

Life, 15 October 1945, 107-115. (Displaced Germans)

Life, 29 October 1945, 128. (British children evacuees returned)

Life, 12 November 1945, 142-144. (Displaced Animals)

Life, 10 June 1946, 53-56. (Children Immigrants)

Life, 24 March 1947, 38-39. (Exodus from Poland)

Life, 22 September 1947, 33-37. (‘Exodus’ German Jewish Refugees returned)

Life, 5 April 1948, 75-78. (The Search- movie on DP children)

Life, 1 November 1948, 45. (Czech exodus)

 

Berlin Airlift

Life, 2 February 1948, 26-27. (Food Strikes in Germany)

Life, 19 July 1948, 26-27. (Berlin Airlift)

Life, 9 August 1948, 15-19. (Berlin Airlift)

 

Change in How Soviet Union Viewed

Life, 5 February 1945, 83-89. (Russians viewed at end of war)

Life. 12 February 1945, cover. (Cover of Russian Soldier)

Life, 18 June 1945, 28-29. (Red Europe)

Life, 23 July 1945, 19. (Destroyed Germany filled with Red insignia)

Life, 1 April 1946, 36. (Russian Zone Germany)

Life, 8 April 1946, 29. (Russia walks out of UNO)

Life, 29 April 1946, 27-35. (Iron Curtain)

Life, 3 June 1946, 120. (Soviet Political Cartoon)

Life, 15 July 1946, 56. (Soviet Soldiers)

Life, 21 October 1946, 65. (Fight for Germany)

Life, 1 December 1947, 83-87. (Red Army Club)

Life, 29 December 1947, 16-17. (Russia and US divide Germany)

Life, 8 March 1948, 28-31. (Czechs on Soviets)

Life, 22 March 1948, 31-37. (Fear of Red)

Life, 29 March 1948, 27-31. (Czechs flee Reds)

Life, 12 April 1948, 69-70. (DeGaulle Movement in France Against Red)

Life, 17 May 1948, 59-62. (‘Iron Curtain’ Film against Soviets)

Life, 31 May 1948, 60-61. (Reds vs USA for Czechs)

Life, 7 June 1948, 36-37. (How Reds Take Over)

 

American GIs/US in Europe

Life, 26 March 1945, 25-29. (GIs and Paris Black Market)

Life, 22 October 1945, 142-145. (US GIs in occupied Germany)

Life, 26 November 1945, 29-35. (US GIs in Paris)

Life, 21 January 1946, 36-37. (GIs want to go home)

Life, 22 April 1946, 81-84. (USA GIs in France)

Life, 13 May 1946, 117-120. (US GIs in Paris Jailbreak)

Life, 15 March 1948, 32-39. (USA international arms aid to Greece and China)

 

Nazi Reeducation

Life, 18 March 1946, 91-92. (Democracy taught to Nazi POWs)

Life, 9 December 1946, 36-37. (Ex-Nazi Boys Club)

Life, 20 January 1947, 43-46. (Nazis Revisited)

Life, 15 September 1947, 124-138. (Germany’s lost youth)

Life, 25 October 1948, 53-54. (Americanization of Nazis Fail)