Nine Kings in one photo, 1910
In May 1910, European royalty gathered in London for the funeral of King Edward …
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The night they ended Prohibition, 1933
Originally intended to prevent crime and drunkenness, it soon became clear that …
The last Jew in Vinnitsa, 1941
A picture from an Einsatzgruppen soldier’s personal album, labelled on the back …
Hans-Georg Henke – 16 year old German soldier crying after being captured by the Allies, 1945
A sixteen-year old German anti aircraft soldier of the Hitler Youth, Hans-Georg He…
Abandoned boy holding a stuffed animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing of London, 1945
The boy did in fact survive the war and became a truck driver. In the photo he's s…
Loyalty oath of Nazi SS troops, Feldherrnhalle, Munich, 1938
The SS loyalty oath was as follows: "I vow to you, Adolf Hitler, as Führer and c…
Executions of Kiev Jews by German army mobile killing units, 1942
Executions of Kiev Jews by German army mobile killing units (Einsatzgruppen) nea…
The Soviet flag over the Reichstag, 1945
The "Soviet flag over Reichstag" photograph is full of symbolism and represents …