Worker in West Berlin

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Description

The original caption for this photograph reads: Marshall Plan aid to Germany totaled $1,390,600 and enabled that country to rise from the ashes of defeat, as symbolized by this worker in West Berlin. Even a year before the end of the Marshall Plan in 1951, Germany had surpassed her prewar industrial production level.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Agency for International Development.

National Archives Identifier: 541691

Full Citation: Photograph 286-ME-6(2); West Berlin, Germany. Marshall Plan aid to Germany totaled $1,390,600 and enabled that country to rise from the ashes of defeat, as symbolized by this worker in West Berlin. Even a year before the end; ca. 1948 – 1955; Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa, ca. 1948 – ca. 1989; Records of the Agency for International Development, Record Group 286; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/worker-west-berlin/, May 7, 2026]

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