Letter to Adolf Hitler, written by Gandhi at the outset of the Second World War.
Stacks of cannon balls during The American Civil War
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West Berliners looking over a portion of the Berlin Wall at the time of its construction. East German soldiers looking back, West Berlin, Germany, August 1961.
Don McCullin—Contact Press Images
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#history #berlin #berlin wall #1960s #vintage #black and white #soldiers #german history
#history #berlin #berlin wall #1960s #vintage #black and white #soldiers #german history
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The bloodstained coat of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated in 1914, triggering the First World War.
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#history #WWI #too bad politics today lack the same sort of excitement #/s #Black and White #10's
#history #WWI #too bad politics today lack the same sort of excitement #/s #Black and White #10's
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Found in the album of an SS ‘Einsatzgruppen‘ death-squad soldier; labelled “The Last Jew Of Vinnitsa”. It’s believed that all 28,000 Jews who lived there were killed.
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#jew #nazi #holocaust #ww2 #WWII #persecution #history #historical #Black and White
#jew #nazi #holocaust #ww2 #WWII #persecution #history #historical #Black and White
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Scaffolding surrounds The Statue of Christ The Redeemer during its construction
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