According to a German who was a young child during the war, one of the things that the Americans brought with them were foods that had actual smell and taste. After years of ersatz everything, many kids had almost forgotten how real food tasted.

Sweets from American soldiers, 1945

Children-tracing services -- Mother reunited with her lost child in an orphanage, 1946. The war scattered many families to the four winds; in many cases it took years for such reunions -- if ever.

Reunion

The Red Square at Kharkov, photo taken by a German soldier.