Poor Austrians - Rich Americans

Standing in line for American leftovers
B/W Photo: Strobl/Salzburg, May, 1945

"Sometimes, I passed out from hunger"
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted in February, 1994

"Leftovers Feed Needy"
Newspaper article from the GI newspaper "Rainbow Reveille", November, 1945

"Watch That Cigarette"
Appeal to GIs in "Rainbow Reveille", November, 1945

"Army Helps In Food Crisis"
Review of the Commanding General of the 42nd (Rainbow) Infantry Division, 1946

"Officers' Clothing Collected"
Appeal to GIs in "Rainbow Reveille", December, 1945

"US Christmas Tree Festival for Austrian Children"
Report in an Austrian weekly newspaper, January, 1946

"25,000 Erasers...US Aid for Austrian School Children"
Article in an Austrian weekly newspaper, April, 1948

"America as our Savior from Famine"
Poem of thanks by an Austrian schoolboy, 1947
Dankesgedicht eines österreichischen Schülers, 1947

"Uncle Sam is beloved all over the world..."
An Austrian schoolboy offers his thanks for the American soup kitchen, 1947

"General Collins Brings Chocolate"
Color drawing by an Austrian schoolboy, 1948

"American Help"
Drawing and Essay by an Austrian schoolboy, 1947

"We kids were carrying on a great business with the GIs' breakfast leftovers..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian man, interview conducted in December, 1994