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My grandparents on a date in the 1940s in Long Beach, CA

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My grandparents on a date in the 1940s in Long Beach, CA

Spanish legionnaires holding up decapitated Moroccan heads (1922)

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Spanish legionnaires holding up decapitated Moroccan heads (1922)

"Atatürk would have voted AfD" AfD candidate in Berlin courting the votes of German Turks (2021)

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"Atatürk would have voted AfD" AfD candidate in Berlin courting the votes of German Turks (2021)

Sorority sisters at the University of Texas in 1944.

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Sorority sisters at the University of Texas in 1944.

My parents' honeymoon in the Poconos, 1963

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My parents' honeymoon in the Poconos, 1963

Spanish Legion uniform paper doll holding a bleeding head of a decapitated black child (1922)

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Spanish Legion uniform paper doll holding a bleeding head of a decapitated black child (1922)

Australian couples chillin' in Queensland pub, 1983

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Australian couples chillin' in Queensland pub, 1983

At my desk not working, 1981. Little did I know that I would retire from the same company 38 years later.

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At my desk not working, 1981. Little did I know that I would retire from the same company 38 years later.

Adolf Hitler bowling with some of his associates in the basement of the Berghof, Hitlers home, in 1937. The game they were playing was called Kegel, a German variation of 9-pin bowling. (1280x874)

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Adolf Hitler bowling with some of his associates in the basement of the Berghof, Hitlers home, in 1937. The game they were playing was called Kegel, a German variation of 9-pin bowling. (1280x874)

During the German occupation of eastern Poland, Jews being forced to dig up graves of Ukrainian/Polish POWs massacred by the NKVD, after Jews were accused of collaborating with during the previous Soviet occupation. (July 1941)(800x562)

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During the German occupation of eastern Poland, Jews being forced to dig up graves of Ukrainian/Polish POWs massacred by the NKVD, after Jews were accused of collaborating with during the previous Soviet occupation. (July 1941)(800x562)

Great grandparents - 1942

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Great grandparents - 1942

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler shake hands as they say goodbye at the train station after their meeting in April 1944 during World War II (980x722)

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Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler shake hands as they say goodbye at the train station after their meeting in April 1944 during World War II (980x722)

Defend her!
She could be your mother,
your wife, your sister, your daughter. Italy 1944

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Defend her! She could be your mother, your wife, your sister, your daughter. Italy 1944

1944 didn't mince words.

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1944 didn't mince words.

Lee Miller, a female American combat photographer, taking a bath in Hitler's bathtub in his Munich apartment - April 30, 1945

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Lee Miller, a female American combat photographer, taking a bath in Hitler's bathtub in his Munich apartment - April 30, 1945

My Dad in 1970 with the first thing he bought after coming home from Vietnam

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My Dad in 1970 with the first thing he bought after coming home from Vietnam

Turkish Anti Communist Propaganda (1949)

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Turkish Anti Communist Propaganda (1949)

The attack on Reginald Denny on this day in 1992 during the Los Angeles, USA riots

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The attack on Reginald Denny on this day in 1992 during the Los Angeles, USA riots

Grandma and Grandpa after WW2

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Grandma and Grandpa after WW2

On this day in April 1945, Dachau was liberated. Horrified and outraged by the sight of massed corpses and starving survivors, American troops and freed prisoners promptly carried out reprisals against the remaining guards. Roughly 35 to 50 SS guards were summarily executed .

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On this day in April 1945, Dachau was liberated. Horrified and outraged by the sight of massed corpses and starving survivors, American troops and freed prisoners promptly carried out reprisals against the remaining guards. Roughly 35 to 50 SS guards were summarily executed .