Shipyard workers in Hamburg(1936) give the Nazi salute, all except one Believed to be August Landmesser, he had fallen in love with Irma Eckler, a jewish woman, and was accused of ‘dishonoring the race’. August would be KIA in a penal regiment, and Irma was sent to the gas chamber in 1942 [1195×772]

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An American soldier stands guard over a group of German prisoners, April 1945 [3000×2275]

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German mountaineers Andreas Hinterstoisser and Toni Kurz, who died along three other climbers attempting to climb the infamous Eiger north face in July 1936.[767×554]

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First Generation of mexican naval infantry officers that graduated from Heroic Naval Academy in Veracruz, Mexico. 1959 [819×563]

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S/Sgt. Joseph Arnaldo of New Bedford, MA, who had just come off the line after 10 days of fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. His hood and face covered with snow, Arnaldo had recovered from a temporary blindness when an tank round was fired a few yards from him. 1945 [1200×1527]

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The Old Cincinnati Library Before Being Demolished, 1874-1955 [990×978]

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