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Beck Weathers after returning from his attempt to summit Mount Everest, Khumbu region of Nepal, May 11, 1996

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Beck Weathers after returning from his attempt to summit Mount Everest, Khumbu region of Nepal, May 11, 1996

Rudolf Hoss, commander of Auschwitz, and one of the architects of the 'final solution' being led to his execution on the 16th of April 1947.

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Rudolf Hoss, commander of Auschwitz, and one of the architects of the 'final solution' being led to his execution on the 16th of April 1947.

John F Kennedy and a young Robert F Kennedy Jr with a salmander in a bowl, Washington DC, 11 Marsch 1961

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John F Kennedy and a young Robert F Kennedy Jr with a salmander in a bowl, Washington DC, 11 Marsch 1961

Red Army colonel Leonid Brezhnev, Eastern Front, 1943

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Red Army colonel Leonid Brezhnev, Eastern Front, 1943

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and others look on, July 2, 1964. LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and others look on, July 2, 1964. LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton.

Group photo of officers from the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, a mixed Chinese-Korean force which fought a guerilla war against Imperial Japan in Manchuria between 1936 and 1945. Future leader of North Korea Kim Il-sung is second to the right in the first row as a captain.

Archive / 3626Added Jan 31, 2025

Group photo of officers from the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, a mixed Chinese-Korean force which fought a guerilla war against Imperial Japan in Manchuria between 1936 and 1945. Future leader of North Korea Kim Il-sung is second to the right in the first row as a captain.

People’s Pharmacy, Washington, D.C. around 1920.

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People’s Pharmacy, Washington, D.C. around 1920.

Troops of the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Marching to the Trenches, Acheux-En-Amiénois, 1916

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Troops of the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Marching to the Trenches, Acheux-En-Amiénois, 1916

On August 18, 1944, at the Liberation, eleven women suspected of collaboration were shorn in Chartres (France) as a sign of humiliation, including Simone Touseau. Photo Robert Capa

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On August 18, 1944, at the Liberation, eleven women suspected of collaboration were shorn in Chartres (France) as a sign of humiliation, including Simone Touseau. Photo Robert Capa

WW1 German Officers Holding Trench Clubs (Grabenkeule), France, 1915

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WW1 German Officers Holding Trench Clubs (Grabenkeule), France, 1915

Germans in Prague, evicted from their homes on Strossmayer Square, wait to be deported to allied occupied Germany (1945) (1280x1204)

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Germans in Prague, evicted from their homes on Strossmayer Square, wait to be deported to allied occupied Germany (1945) (1280x1204)

Soviet soldiers chatting with children just liberated from Auschwitz, January 1945

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Soviet soldiers chatting with children just liberated from Auschwitz, January 1945

British and Nazi flags hang over coffins of British children abandoned to die on the German Black Forest mountain by their teacher, which was covered up by both govts in 1936. (2560x1600)

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British and Nazi flags hang over coffins of British children abandoned to die on the German Black Forest mountain by their teacher, which was covered up by both govts in 1936. (2560x1600)

80 years ago today, on January 27, 1945, Auschwitz is liberated. In this photo a doctor, center, with the 322nd Rifle Division of the Red Army, walks with a group of survivors at the entrance to the newly liberated Auschwitz I concentration camp. January 1945

Archive / 3634Added Jan 28, 2025

80 years ago today, on January 27, 1945, Auschwitz is liberated. In this photo a doctor, center, with the 322nd Rifle Division of the Red Army, walks with a group of survivors at the entrance to the newly liberated Auschwitz I concentration camp. January 1945

Benito Mussolini with his Wife Donna Rachele at the Beach, 1920's

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Benito Mussolini with his Wife Donna Rachele at the Beach, 1920's

"Soldier, would you mind standing up? I'd like to take your picture,” Robert Capa said to me. “It was the last good picture of my right leg.” — James Conboy Jr (1945)

Archive / 3636Added Jan 27, 2025

"Soldier, would you mind standing up? I'd like to take your picture,” Robert Capa said to me. “It was the last good picture of my right leg.” — James Conboy Jr (1945)

Demmin, a German city overwhelmed by the bodies of suicide victims. Soviet officers observe the bodies of two German civilians who committed suicide in April 1945. | Anonymous

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Demmin, a German city overwhelmed by the bodies of suicide victims. Soviet officers observe the bodies of two German civilians who committed suicide in April 1945. | Anonymous

Execution of Laszlo Bardossy, Budapest, Hungary 1946. Photo by Lee Miller

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Execution of Laszlo Bardossy, Budapest, Hungary 1946. Photo by Lee Miller

A flag-waving veteran of the Red Army confronting an anti-communist protester in Moscow, circa 1990.

Archive / 3639Added Jan 26, 2025

A flag-waving veteran of the Red Army confronting an anti-communist protester in Moscow, circa 1990.

University of Madras student ties his hair to nail to prevent sleeping at night while preparing for exams, 1905

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University of Madras student ties his hair to nail to prevent sleeping at night while preparing for exams, 1905