Resources – Page 8 – Remembering Biafra

Children during Food Distribution in Ozu Akoli

Children sit and wait for food to be distributed

Photographed in 1968 by Max Vaterlaus: https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/47730

Children during Food Distribution in Ozu Akoli

Women and children during a food distribution stop and state at the camera

Photographed in 1968 by Max Vaterlaus: https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/47727

Arrival of the First Foreign Civilians from Biafra at the Santa-Isabel Airport

Biafran children sitting at the Santa Isabel Airport terminal with stuffed animals and belongings

Photographed in 1968 by Max Vaterlaus: https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/47717

Arrival of the First Foreign Civilians from Biafra at the Santa-Isabel Airport

About a dozen Biafran citizens step out of the Santa Isabel Airport's terminal with their belongings

Photographed in 1968 by Max Vaterlaus: https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/47715

Aftermath of the Destruction from the Bombing in Umahia

Rubble on the ground where a house used to be. The entire interior is exposed and the walls are gone.

Photographed in February 1968 by S.N. https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/101221

Aftermath of the Destruction from the Bombing in Umahia

Crater in the street in Umahia next to a vacant house that was blasted open by an explosive

Photographed in February 1968 by S.N. https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/120468

Aftermath of the Destruction from the Bombing in Itu

Man climbs on top of the rubble left by a roof that collapsed after the bombing

Photographed in February 1968 by S.N. https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/120464

Aftermath of the Destruction from the Bombing in Itu

An unexploded shell from one of the bombs dropped on Itu sits in the grass

Photographed in February 1968 by S.N. https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/120467

Aftermath of the Destruction from the Bombing in Aba

Men climb on the rubble where a home used to be in Aba

Photographed in February 1968 by S.N. https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/101214

Aftermath of the Destruction from the Bombing in Aba

Children climb on the rubble in the streets of Aba

Photographed in February 1968 by S.N. https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/101212

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