In the spring of 1946, as Poland was beginning to recover from five years of Nazi terror, American photographer John Vachon was assigned to cover United Nations relief efforts there. Taken with a keen yet sympathetic eye, these 78 photos reveal the destitution and unfounded optimism of the Poles, many returning from German labor camps, and document a nation at the crossroads of the postwar East and West.
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In the spring of 1946, as Poland was beginning to recover from five years of Nazi terror, American photographer John Vachon was assigned to cover United Nations relief efforts there. Taken with a keen yet sympathetic eye, these 78 photos reveal the destitution and unfounded optimism of the Poles, many returning from German labor camps, and document a nation at the crossroads of the postwar East and West.
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