While American GIs moved throughout Western Europe, Europeans slowly trekked back home, or to where their homes used to stand.

This was a common scene in Germany the latter days of the war. Many people were homeless or distant from their homes. Here the mother & Father have all their belongings plus two children in the small wagon.

Bernard McKenzie, Germany, June 1945

Maybe one day through the power of facial recognition and these photographs, these children or their descendants will discover images of these most important times in their lives.