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Patrick Chappatte editorial cartoon on the growing surveillance state, 2020

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Patrick Chappatte editorial cartoon on the growing surveillance state, 2020

"No German customers wanted here until Hitler returns Czechoslovakia!" - a poster placed in the window of a Somerville restaurant by its Czech owner. USA, March 18, 1939.

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"No German customers wanted here until Hitler returns Czechoslovakia!" - a poster placed in the window of a Somerville restaurant by its Czech owner. USA, March 18, 1939.

Grigory Berman finds the bodies of his wife and children, killed by Nazis from Einsatzgruppe D. Crimea, January 1942.

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Grigory Berman finds the bodies of his wife and children, killed by Nazis from Einsatzgruppe D. Crimea, January 1942.

Love is love

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Love is love

No one wants to remember the horrors of war. Poland, Warsaw, 1946.

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No one wants to remember the horrors of war. Poland, Warsaw, 1946.

A traffic jam at the Brandenburg Gate between East and West Berlin on the first Saturday after the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 11, 1989.

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A traffic jam at the Brandenburg Gate between East and West Berlin on the first Saturday after the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 11, 1989.

2 men look with bright smiles at a sleeping baby, New York, 1940.

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2 men look with bright smiles at a sleeping baby, New York, 1940.

"I'm going to finish you off soon". Pornographic Japanese propaganda poster from Russo - Japanese war, 1904/1905. NSFW!

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"I'm going to finish you off soon". Pornographic Japanese propaganda poster from Russo - Japanese war, 1904/1905. NSFW!

U.S. Marines in Hue during the Tet Offensive, 1968

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U.S. Marines in Hue during the Tet Offensive, 1968

I’m sorry I’m not a thirst trap, but this sub needs more actual old school cool. And there’s nothing cooler than my tracksuit. I think about 1983 or so.

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I’m sorry I’m not a thirst trap, but this sub needs more actual old school cool. And there’s nothing cooler than my tracksuit. I think about 1983 or so.

A Palestinian child flashes peace signs at an Israeli-manned bulldozer demolishing a house in Jenin's Old City during an operation by the Israeli army in the northern West Bank town on 25 October 2002.

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A Palestinian child flashes peace signs at an Israeli-manned bulldozer demolishing a house in Jenin's Old City during an operation by the Israeli army in the northern West Bank town on 25 October 2002.

My mother (left) and her best friend, Dolores (right) c. 1953

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My mother (left) and her best friend, Dolores (right) c. 1953

American photographer and model Elizabeth Miller in Hitler's bathtub, 1945.

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American photographer and model Elizabeth Miller in Hitler's bathtub, 1945.

Adolf Hitler at age 35 after his release from Landsberg Prison. Weimar Republic, December 20, 1924. This photograph was taken shortly after Hitler finished dictating "Mein Kampf" to Rudolf Hess.

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Adolf Hitler at age 35 after his release from Landsberg Prison. Weimar Republic, December 20, 1924. This photograph was taken shortly after Hitler finished dictating "Mein Kampf" to Rudolf Hess.

By Nick Anderson, 2023.

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By Nick Anderson, 2023.

Crips Autochrome shot of George V with his son, the Prince of Wales, 14 of March 1914

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Crips Autochrome shot of George V with his son, the Prince of Wales, 14 of March 1914

Caesar, my grandmother’s dog, greeting me at the door. 1957

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Caesar, my grandmother’s dog, greeting me at the door. 1957

A photograph taken in Egypt by renowned photographer Hossam Diab of a man sentenced to execution in 1985. His only request before it was carried out: “a cup of tea."

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A photograph taken in Egypt by renowned photographer Hossam Diab of a man sentenced to execution in 1985. His only request before it was carried out: “a cup of tea."

Two photos of John Lennon taken one year apart. 1966 & 1967

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Two photos of John Lennon taken one year apart. 1966 & 1967

Soldiers of the 137th Infantry Brigade, part of Britains 46th division, after The Battle of St. Quentin Canal on September 29th, 1918.

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Soldiers of the 137th Infantry Brigade, part of Britains 46th division, after The Battle of St. Quentin Canal on September 29th, 1918.