May
26
Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Szalasi is Given the Last Rites Before Being Hanged as a Collaborator, 1946
Ferenc Szálasi was the leader and all-powerful head of the fascist Arrow Cross m…
Author: RHP
May
25
Old Photographs of Rat-Catchers from the 1900s
Rat-catchers were employed in Europe to control rat populations. Keeping the rat…
May
24
Photo of Himmler with his Daughter, 1938
Heinrich Himmler adored his daughter and had her regularly flown to his offices …
May
23
Dagen H: Photos from the Day Sweden Switched Sides of the Road, 1967
Dagen H (H day) was the day, 3 September 1967, on which traffic in Sweden switch…
May
17
A Jewish Hanukkah Menorah Defies the Nazi Swastika, 1931
It was the eighth night of Chanukah in Kiel, Germany, a small town with a Jewish…
May
17
August Landmesser: The Lone Man Refusing to Do the Nazi Salute, 1936
The photo was taken at the launch of a German army vessel in 1936, during a cere…
May
13
Saigon Execution: Murder of a Vietcong by Saigon Police Chief, 1968
After Nguyen Ngoc Loan raised his sidearm and shot Vietcong operative Nguyen Van…
May
11
Child Laborers of 1910s: Newsboys Smoking Cigarettes and Working
After the Civil War, the availability of natural resources, new inventions, and …
May
9
Photo of Albert Einstein’s Matriculation Certificate, 1896
This puts to rest that urban legend that Einstein was a “bad student”, although …
May
8
German Troops Use a Schwellenpflug to Destroy Rail Tracks while Withdrawing from Soviet Territory, 1944
These pictures show the German troops in the Soviet Union destroying the railroa…
May
8
Motel Manager Pouring Acid in the Water when Black People Swam in his Pool, 1964
This famous photograph by Horace Cort shows a group of white and black integrati…
May
5
Living Photographs in 1918: Photographs Created by Assembling Sailors and Soldiers
Tens of thousands of soldiers, reservists, and other members of the military wer…
May
4
The Naked Gunner: Iconic Photo from the Rescue at Rabaul, 1944
This young crewman of a US Navy “Dumbo” PBY rescue mission has just jumped into …
May
4
Iconic Photo: 775 Confirmed Kills in One Picture, 1945
Female snipers of the 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front. The 'Shock' armies …
May
1
Stahlhelm, the Stages of the Helmet-Making Process of Stahlhelms for the Imperial German Army, 1916
In both World Wars, the most distinctive feature of the German army uniform was …
Apr
28
American Nazi Party Leader George Lincoln Rockwell Confronting Martin Luther King Jr., 1965
George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi Party, confronts Dr. Martin L…
Apr
28
Toffs and Toughs: The Photo that Illustrates the Class Divide in Pre-War Britain, 1937
"Toffs and Toughs" is a 1937 photograph of five boys: two dressed in the Harrow …
Apr
27
A Japanese Boy Standing at Attention after having Brought his Dead Younger Brother to a Cremation Pyre, 1945
Joe O'Donnell, the man who took this photo at Nagasaki, was sent by the U.S. mil…
Apr
24
A Sea of Hats in New York, 1930
A picture of a crowd in New York and there is not one unhatted head. Margaret Bo…
Apr
19
German Soldiers React to Footage of Concentration Camps, 1945
The image shows the faces of German prisoners of war, captured by Americans, wat…