In the Spring of 1947 “This Week” assigned David “Chim” Seymour to photograph Europe during the second anniversary of the end of WWII. His route followed the same taken by the Western Allies during their drive toward Germany, from Normandy to Berlin.
Though the guns had long gone silent, the scars of war were still visible everywhere: damaged buildings, destroyed fortifications, and discarded tanks and airplanes. Civilians, many of which wore clothing left by the US Army, were still cleaning up and adapting to life in peace-time. It was during this trip that Seymour became concerned with children in post-war Europe, predating the series of stories he shot for UNICEF in 1948.

Though Chim’s <a href="http://www.magnumphotos.com/Package/2K1HRGPCJ6SC">black and white images from the story</a> have been published many times since 1947, most of these color images have never been seen before.

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