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My nana in the huge frilly dress with her mother and cousins. circa 1950s I believe?

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My nana in the huge frilly dress with her mother and cousins. circa 1950s I believe?

My grandfather, 1975

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My grandfather, 1975

A Los Angeles Policeman's Portable Jail Cell in 1920

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A Los Angeles Policeman's Portable Jail Cell in 1920

"Equal rights for negroes everywhere! Self determination for the Black Belt! Vote Communist." (Communist Party of the United States of America, 1932)

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"Equal rights for negroes everywhere! Self determination for the Black Belt! Vote Communist." (Communist Party of the United States of America, 1932)

Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev handing over documents on the fates of Polish POWs during WW2 to Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski. First time the Soviet government admitted being responsible for the Katyn massacre (April 1990) (920×597)

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Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev handing over documents on the fates of Polish POWs during WW2 to Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski. First time the Soviet government admitted being responsible for the Katyn massacre (April 1990) (920×597)

After being extradited to Italy from Argentina, Erich Priebke, a former German SS officer, being charged for involvement in massacring Italian civilians and POWs during WW2. He was sentenced to life imprisonment (1998)(920x734)

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After being extradited to Italy from Argentina, Erich Priebke, a former German SS officer, being charged for involvement in massacring Italian civilians and POWs during WW2. He was sentenced to life imprisonment (1998)(920x734)

Joe DiMaggio at Marilyn Monroe's funeral (1962)

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Joe DiMaggio at Marilyn Monroe's funeral (1962)

Identity card of Maria (Miezi) Bihari, 5 year old Romani girl, who was deported by Nazis in 1940/41

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Identity card of Maria (Miezi) Bihari, 5 year old Romani girl, who was deported by Nazis in 1940/41

A mass grave at Bergen-Belsen after the camp's liberation, April 1945

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A mass grave at Bergen-Belsen after the camp's liberation, April 1945

Photo of Lavrentiy Beria holding Joseph Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana, with Stalin and Nestor Lakoba in the background. Beria was known for being a murderer and sexual predator while leading the NKVD. (1931)(1552x1080)

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Photo of Lavrentiy Beria holding Joseph Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana, with Stalin and Nestor Lakoba in the background. Beria was known for being a murderer and sexual predator while leading the NKVD. (1931)(1552x1080)

Danish policemen, May 7, 1945

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Danish policemen, May 7, 1945

German women forced to repave the streets of Prague after WW2 (1945)(591x470)

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German women forced to repave the streets of Prague after WW2 (1945)(591x470)

People line up outside a butcher shop to buy horse meat (no World War II rationing coupons needed) in North Cheam, Surrey, England, on April 17, 1942

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People line up outside a butcher shop to buy horse meat (no World War II rationing coupons needed) in North Cheam, Surrey, England, on April 17, 1942

Jozef Tiso, the former president of the Slovak Republic during WW2, in court arguing his defense that he doesn’t remember anything as president. He was later hanged for war crimes and state treason (1947)(1280x1280)

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Jozef Tiso, the former president of the Slovak Republic during WW2, in court arguing his defense that he doesn’t remember anything as president. He was later hanged for war crimes and state treason (1947)(1280x1280)

Survivors in Dachau berate an SS guard captured by U.S. troops, while in the background American soldiers summarily execute other camp guards. April 29, 1945

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Survivors in Dachau berate an SS guard captured by U.S. troops, while in the background American soldiers summarily execute other camp guards. April 29, 1945

A few months before the annexation, Konrad Henlein and other Sudeten German Party members welcoming German Chancellor Adolf Hitler during his visit to the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, February 1938 (1000x1411)

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A few months before the annexation, Konrad Henlein and other Sudeten German Party members welcoming German Chancellor Adolf Hitler during his visit to the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, February 1938 (1000x1411)

“I was the executioner of Poles at Bayers (factory) in 1939" German concentration camp commandant, Adolf Wilhelms, forced to hold a sign before his execution in Poland, April 1945 (800x800)

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“I was the executioner of Poles at Bayers (factory) in 1939" German concentration camp commandant, Adolf Wilhelms, forced to hold a sign before his execution in Poland, April 1945 (800x800)

Private Raymond Roth of the 69th Infantry Division- "I was scared to death." 4 March, 1945. Near Ramscheid, Germany." - US Signal Corps Archive

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Private Raymond Roth of the 69th Infantry Division- "I was scared to death." 4 March, 1945. Near Ramscheid, Germany." - US Signal Corps Archive

Two Croatian boys selling cigarettes and alchohol in Croatian enclave in central Bosnia in 1993. Photographed by James Mason

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Two Croatian boys selling cigarettes and alchohol in Croatian enclave in central Bosnia in 1993. Photographed by James Mason

An aerial reconnaissance photograph of the opposing trenches and no-man's land between Loos-en-Gohelle and Hulluch in France, taken at 7.15 pm, 22 July 1917. German trenches are at the right and bottom, British trenches are at the top left. The vertical line is a pre-war railway track.

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An aerial reconnaissance photograph of the opposing trenches and no-man's land between Loos-en-Gohelle and Hulluch in France, taken at 7.15 pm, 22 July 1917. German trenches are at the right and bottom, British trenches are at the top left. The vertical line is a pre-war railway track.