German soldiers in American captivity (1945)

A meeting of Soviet and American soldiers near Torgau in April 1945. A cameraman films.

A Soviet general is awarded an American medal.

Staff officers, Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky, British Field Marshal B. Montgomery, and British officers stand at the entrance to the headquarters before taking photographs.

Rokossovsky and Montgomery descend the steps.

Rokossovsky thanks Montgomery for the gift.

Residents of a German town in the American occupation zone ride bicycles past billboards.

American soldiers rummage through the belongings of arrested German police officers.

An American soldier searches one of the German policemen, pats him down, and reaches into his jacket pockets.

A search of German policemen and an inspection of their belongings.

An American soldier rummages through one of the briefcases.

The contents of the briefcase.

The license plate of an American car.

The driver places a pass over the license plate of the car.

A sign above the entrance to the "Reich House" in Bremen, which housed the American military commandant's office.

An American military police sergeant stands at the entrance.

The general and his entourage exit the commandant's office and approach their car.

The American motorcade drives away from the commandant's office.

The arrival of an American general at the port of Bremen; the general disembarks.

Cars at the American military commandant's office in Bremen (panorama).

A convoy of jeeps carrying American officers passes the fence of a camp for German prisoners of war on the outskirts of Bremen.

German prisoners of war on the camp grounds; cars pass the fence.

German prisoners of war perform their morning toilet in the summer washroom.

The arrival of General Sommerville at the American military commandant's office in Bremen on July 26, 1945. General Sommerville and his entourage walk to their cars after disembarking in the port of Bremen.

A general sits in a jeep next to the driver.

Jeeps carrying generals head toward the port exit.

A guard stands guard at the gate of an American camp for German prisoners of war.

A view of part of the camp grounds; prisoners of war are building barracks.

A panorama of the American camp for German prisoners of war (from above).

Newly arrived prisoners of war are being assigned.