[Female prostitute standing near the partially destroyed Krupp factory, Essen, Germany]

[Female prostitute standing near the partially destroyed Krupp factory, Essen, Germany]

[Worker cutting metal, and smoking cigarette, in a partially destroyed Krupps factory, Essen, Germany]

[A young coal miner showering after a day's work in the mine, Essen, Germany]

[Alfried Krupp, head of the great armament plant at Essen, being taken in by American soldiers for questioning in the waning days of World War II]

[A disillusioned young coal miner, formerly a Nazi Youth member and soldier walks past a slogan on the wall, "Ohne uns" (leave us out), referring to the attitude that he and many others of his generation in Germany felt about politics. Essen, Germany]