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Abstract

After the end of the war, Germans struggled with severe shortages of both basic life necessities and the raw materials needed for production. Food rationing, which had been instituted during the war, was still widespread, and there was a flourishing in black market in everything from luxury goods to horse meat.

Butchering a Horse in the Streets of Berlin (c. 1919-20)

  • Albert Harlingue

Source

Source: Imperial War Museum, object number IWM (Q 110883), available online at: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205191986