Photographs of Excited Dutch Boys Hanging on a Moving Train After the Liberation, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1945, photographer Menno Huizinga took these photos of excited Dutch boys hanging on the door of a […]
World War II
Shoot Around the Corner: The Krummlauf, a Gun With Bent-Barrel
This post was originally published on this siteThe Krummlauf (English: “curved barrel”) is a bent barrel attachment for the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle developed by […]
Vintage Photos of Japanese-American Life After the War in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteOn February 19, 1942, shortly after Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed […]
Vintage Photos of British Army and Royal Navy Celebrating Christmas in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteChristmas is one of the few times during the whole year people briefly pause their busy life to […]
Lee Miller and David Scherman: The Photographers Who Took a Bath in Hitler’s Apartment
This post was originally published on this siteOn April 30, 1945, photojournalists David E. Scherman and Lee Miller produced one of the most controversial photographic […]
Pictures of Veronica Foster – Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl and the Beautiful Woman War Worker of Canada in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteVeronica Foster (January 2, 1922 – May 4, 2000), popularly known as “Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl”, was […]
Women Testing the Guns They Made for World War II at the Inglis Munitions Plant in Ontario, Canada, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteTen pretty girls, all workers at the John Inglis Co. plant, line up with 10 Bren guns built […]
Miss War Worker Beauty Contest in Toronto, Canada, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteOn July 18, 1942, more than 100 contestants from Canada’s major military manufacturing plants vied for the title […]
A Soldier’s Face After Four Years of War, 1941-1945
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1941, Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev was a young man ready to start his creative life as an artist […]
Sharing Bananas With a Goat During the Battle of Saipan, ca. 1944
This post was originally published on this siteA lovely photo of marine First Sergeant Neil I. Shober of Fort Wayne, Indiana, sharing the spoils of […]
Rare Photographs of 18-Year-Old Ernest Hemingway in Italy During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteIn the winter and spring of 1918, Ernest Hemingway churned out several feature stories for The Kansas City […]
The Story of August Landmesser, the Lone German Who Refused to Give a Nazi Salute on June 13, 1936
This post was originally published on this siteOn June 13, 1936, the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany held a ceremony to launch its […]
Incredible Vintage Photos of Belfast During German Air Raids in 1941
This post was originally published on this siteBelfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan […]
Vintage Photos Capture Farewell Scenes at Penn Station in WWII
This post was originally published on this siteAt the height of the Second World War, in April 1943, LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt came to Penn […]
British Baby Gas Masks From World War II
This post was originally published on this siteThese masks looks like deep-sea diving helmets but are in fact gas masks for babies, dating from World […]
As the Allies Approached Berlin, Citizens Did Their Best to Take Care of Berlin Zoo’s Animals
This post was originally published on this siteOpened on 1 August 1844, the Zoologischer Garten Berlin was the first zoo in Germany. The aquarium opened […]
In 2015, 4 Survivors Posed With Iconic Auschwitz Photo 70 Years After the Notorious Death Camp Was Liberated
This post was originally published on this siteIn 2015, child survivors of the holocaust who were photographed huddled together at notorious Auschwitz have been reunited […]
30 Incredible Vintage Photos of Warsaw Uprising Have Been Brought to Life After Colorized
This post was originally published on this siteThe intricate process of coloring black and white photographs has been carried out by Mikołaj Kaczmarek. The photographs […]
Rare Photographs Reveal British Soldiers Manning Anti-Aircraft Guns in Full Drag in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteThis set of photographs, taken by John Topham while working in RAF intelligence, was censored by the British […]
Shocking Photos of Germans Cutting Jews’ Beards in an Effort to Dehumanize and Psychologically Destabilize Their ‘Enemies’
This post was originally published on this siteMale Orthodox Jews considered their beards and sidekicks an important aspect of their religious identity. Shaving these off […]
Three Boys Behind Barbed Wire, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteThis photo is called “Three Boys Behind Barbed Wire”, taken by Toyo Miyatake in 1944. As a professional […]
Historic Photos of Jewish Removal to an Open-Air Ghetto in Poland in 1940
This post was originally published on this siteHistorian Julia Werner discovered this set of photos in the Jewish Museum in Rendsburg, Germany, and they constitute […]
Love During WWII: 30 Cool Pics of a Couple of Lovers in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteA set of cool pics from Daniel Schmid that captured portraits of his grandparents Gene and Maxine Schmidt during […]
Historic Picture Shows the Different Expressions of Six Polish Civilians Moments Before Death by Firing Squad, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteFacing the death –– This group of men show a wide range of emotions: the first from the […]
Sheets of Portrait Photos of the Frank Family, 1939
This post was originally published on this site“Your child can smile, talk, or play and does not have to sit up or put on a […]