ME 163's prepared for transport to the US. 10 rocket planes had their wings removed, and they were driven to Cherbourg where they were shipped on HMS Reaper to America.
Some of the first Volkswagen “Beetles” produced in West Germany, 1945.
Future LIFE Magazine Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt while serving with the German Army during WW1, note that he is equipped with a Karabiner 98AZ.
Eisenstaedt was born in Dirschau (Tczew), West Prussia, Imperial Germany in 1898, his family was Jewish and moved to Berlin in 1906
Fascinated by photography in his youth, Eisenstaedt began taking pictures when he was given his first camera; an Eastman Kodak Folding Camera with roll film when he was 14.
He served in the German Army during WW1 and was wounded in 1918.
After WW1, while working as a salesman in the 1920’s, Eisenstaedt began taking photographs as a freelance photographer for the Pacific and Atlantic Photos' Berlin office, which was taken over by the Associated Press in 1931.
Anti-Jewish policies in Germany caused the Family to emigrate to the USA in 1935 and settle in New York, where Eisenstaedt subsequently became a naturalized citizen.
The following year, 1936, Time Magazine founder Henry Luce bought LIFE Magazine, and Eisenstaedt, already noted for his photography in Europe, was asked to join the new magazine as one of its original staff of four photographers, including Margaret Bourke-White and Robert Capa.
Eisenstaedt remained a LIFE Magazine photographer from 1936 to 1972, achieving notability for his photojournalism of news events and celebrities.
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