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Photo from 1943 exhumation of mass grave of polish officers killed by NKVD in Katyń Forest in 1940. Photographer unknown. Occupied USSR, 1943.

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Photo from 1943 exhumation of mass grave of polish officers killed by NKVD in Katyń Forest in 1940. Photographer unknown. Occupied USSR, 1943.

A devastated Emil Hácha, the president of Czechoslovakia, returns to Prague from Berlin after signing away Czechoslovak independence to become a German protectorate (March 1939)(700x679)

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A devastated Emil Hácha, the president of Czechoslovakia, returns to Prague from Berlin after signing away Czechoslovak independence to become a German protectorate (March 1939)(700x679)

Ferenc Szálasi, leader of the Kingdom of Hungary (1944-1945) and Arrow Cross Party during WW2, is garroted for high treason and war crimes in Budapest. He died a slow death (March 12, 1946)(555x384)

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Ferenc Szálasi, leader of the Kingdom of Hungary (1944-1945) and Arrow Cross Party during WW2, is garroted for high treason and war crimes in Budapest. He died a slow death (March 12, 1946)(555x384)

Chinese combat engineers conduct emergency repairs at night using wooden beams for the bombed-out railway bridge no. 185 across the Ch'ongch'on River, Korea, 1951. The bridge had reported been bombed 7000 times during the Korean War.

Archive / 3564Added Feb 28, 2025

Chinese combat engineers conduct emergency repairs at night using wooden beams for the bombed-out railway bridge no. 185 across the Ch'ongch'on River, Korea, 1951. The bridge had reported been bombed 7000 times during the Korean War.

French Soldiers Casually Executes Unarmed Algerian Shepherd Near His Tent 1945 (Full video in the comments) (512x358)

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French Soldiers Casually Executes Unarmed Algerian Shepherd Near His Tent 1945 (Full video in the comments) (512x358)

Soviet soldiers sexually harass a German woman in Leipzig, Soviet occupied East Germany (August 1945)(1212x1600)

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Soviet soldiers sexually harass a German woman in Leipzig, Soviet occupied East Germany (August 1945)(1212x1600)

Expelled Germans in West Germany protest Yalta and Potsdam border agreements/recognition, as well as the expulsions of Germans. In the background, a map of united Germany, with the Sudetenland, Oder-Neisse, and East Prussia territories included (August 1950)(1280x908)

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Expelled Germans in West Germany protest Yalta and Potsdam border agreements/recognition, as well as the expulsions of Germans. In the background, a map of united Germany, with the Sudetenland, Oder-Neisse, and East Prussia territories included (August 1950)(1280x908)

Ante Pavelić, head of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and the Ustaše during WW2, in his disguise used for a false passport to escape to Argentina. He was assisted by the Vatican and Roman Catholic Church to escape justice for his genocidal crimes during the NDH (1940s)(672x889)

Archive / 3568Added Feb 26, 2025

Ante Pavelić, head of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and the Ustaše during WW2, in his disguise used for a false passport to escape to Argentina. He was assisted by the Vatican and Roman Catholic Church to escape justice for his genocidal crimes during the NDH (1940s)(672x889)

Construction of the Rome subway under the grounds of the Colosseum, 1939. Rome subway has just turned 70, being inaugurated in February 1955

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Construction of the Rome subway under the grounds of the Colosseum, 1939. Rome subway has just turned 70, being inaugurated in February 1955

West German Chancellor Willy Brandt at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial in Poland, showing remorse for German atrocities against Jews during the uprising and war (1970)(1199x674)

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West German Chancellor Willy Brandt at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial in Poland, showing remorse for German atrocities against Jews during the uprising and war (1970)(1199x674)

Shiro Ishii, director of Unit 731 at a reunion party of the unit's members after the war - 1946

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Shiro Ishii, director of Unit 731 at a reunion party of the unit's members after the war - 1946

Execution by submachine gun in Thailand (1972-06-19)

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Execution by submachine gun in Thailand (1972-06-19)

The first boundary marker after the Mexican-American War, protected by a fence from the anger of the local population. 1848

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The first boundary marker after the Mexican-American War, protected by a fence from the anger of the local population. 1848

Canadian Protester uses a hockey stick to shoot tear gas canisters back at riot police during the 2001 Quebec City Protests (2001-04-21)

Archive / 3574Added Feb 24, 2025

Canadian Protester uses a hockey stick to shoot tear gas canisters back at riot police during the 2001 Quebec City Protests (2001-04-21)

Physicist Richard P. Feynman, captured at Los Alamos—the secret site that built the atomic bomb—during World War II (1944)

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Physicist Richard P. Feynman, captured at Los Alamos—the secret site that built the atomic bomb—during World War II (1944)

Posthumous photo of Roman Shukhevych, a commander of the UPA. A bullet hole is visible on his temple, he shot himself to avoid being captured by Soviet secret police. Known for the ethnic cleanings of Poles from Galicia during WW2 (1950)(400x297)

Archive / 3576Added Feb 23, 2025

Posthumous photo of Roman Shukhevych, a commander of the UPA. A bullet hole is visible on his temple, he shot himself to avoid being captured by Soviet secret police. Known for the ethnic cleanings of Poles from Galicia during WW2 (1950)(400x297)

Adolf Hitler giving a speech to the German parliament to convince them to pass the Enabling Act which would give him dictatorial powers, 1933

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Adolf Hitler giving a speech to the German parliament to convince them to pass the Enabling Act which would give him dictatorial powers, 1933

Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and 4 bears he and other dignitaries hunted. In the early 1970s, he banned all hunting to keep the fattest bears for himself, which he could brag about to other communist leaders. He still holds the European record for the largest bear hunted.

Archive / 3578Added Feb 22, 2025

Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and 4 bears he and other dignitaries hunted. In the early 1970s, he banned all hunting to keep the fattest bears for himself, which he could brag about to other communist leaders. He still holds the European record for the largest bear hunted.

Pile of bodies in Dachau concentration camp, Germany. April-May 1945

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Pile of bodies in Dachau concentration camp, Germany. April-May 1945

Unit 731 scientists preparing to make incisions on a strapped-down victim. Between 1936 and 1945. .

Archive / 3580Added Feb 21, 2025

Unit 731 scientists preparing to make incisions on a strapped-down victim. Between 1936 and 1945. .