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A German WWII Prisoner Is Reunited With His Daughter for the First Time Since She Was 1 Year Old, 1956

May 9, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHelmuth Pirath, the winner of World Press Photo in 1956 captured the most touching moment when a German […]

Japanese Interned Mother Holding Her Baby Sleeping Daughter and an Emotional Story Behind The Picture in 1942

May 9, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1911, Japanese-American activist Fumiko Hayashida became one of the first Japanese Americans to be interned in March […]

Liepaja Massacres: Shocking Photos Taken by Nazi Perpetrators of Jewish Women Moments Before Their Execution in Skede, Latvia on December 15-17, 1941

April 30, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe murders in the dunes at Skede on the Baltic shore, some fifteen kilometers north of the city […]

62 Emotional Pictures That Capture Private Moments of ‘Soldiers at Rest’ During World War II

April 17, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWar brings pain, sacrifice. It is really cruel, especially for the soldiers directly involved in combat. Private moments […]

Here’s the Only Known Picture of Peter Schiff, the Boy Who Won Heart of Anne Frank

March 26, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAlthough Peter Schiff (or “Petel,” as Anne affectionately calls him) was a real person in her life, he […]

Portraits of 10 Women Who Acted as Spies to Stop the Nazis

March 1, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The Germans would have done well to take note of […]

“We Can Do It!” – Meet the Woman Who Inspired the Famous Wartime Propaganda Poster in World War II

February 20, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the Westinghouse Company’s War Production Coordinating Committee to […]

Love Among the Ruins: Happy Blitz Weddings in London, 1940

February 20, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteNot much would keep the Londoners down… Ena Squire-Brown, an international dancer famed for her Dove Dance, leaves […]

Belgian Man Discovered Stash of Cars Hidden in Abandoned Quarry Since World War II

February 14, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFor nearly 80 years these cars have been hidden underground in a quarry in France but they were […]

25 Incredible British Propaganda Posters During World War II

February 13, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBritain re-created the World War I Ministry of Information for the duration of World War II to generate […]

Rarely Seen Color Photographs of London During World War II

February 8, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese color photos of London, spanning from the dark days of the Blitz to the triumphant celebrations of […]

LIFE Magazine Pearl Harbor Issue: How To Tell Japs From The Chinese

February 3, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBelow are excerpt of several pages from a LIFE magazine’s article (December, 1941): How To Tell Japs From […]

Portraits of Simone Segouin, the 18 Year Old French Resistance Fighter Who Captured 25 Nazis During the Fall of Chartres

January 30, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSimone Segouin risked her life many times during the secret war against the Nazi occupiers, and became famous […]

The Last Jew of Vinnitsa, 1942

January 27, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“The Last Jew of Vinnitsa” is an iconic photograph picturing the imminent execution of a Jewish man in […]

Beautiful Portraits and the Incredible Stories of Jewish ‘Bond Girl’ Christine Granville, Who Was Churchill’s Favorite Spy

January 26, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteKrystyna Skarbek, also known by the alias Christine Granville, was a Polish woman-turned-British spy who had a remarkable […]

Old Historic Photographs of Bristol, England during World War Two

January 22, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBristol is a city and county in South West England. The district has the 10th-largest population in England. […]

“Women Are Teachable”: This 1940s Booklet to Assist Male Bosses in Supervising Their New Female Employees

January 13, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn a re-discovered 1940s guide for how male bosses should treat female employees, men were amusingly told that […]

32 Amazing Vintage Photographs of Finland in World War II

January 12, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 2013, the Finnish Defence Forces put an archive of 160,000 WWII-era photographs online. The images record the […]

Copenhagen after May 5th, 1945: Rare Color Pictures From the Days around the Liberation of Denmark

January 8, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring most of World War II, Denmark was first a protectorate, then an occupied territory under Germany. The […]

Vintage Stereo Photographs Taken by Hitler’s Personal Photographer Depicting the German Invasion of Poland in 1939

December 17, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage stereographs, excerpted from the album Die Soldaten des Führers im Felde (Adolf Hitler’s Soldiers in the […]

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Incredible Scenes of Jewish Children Rescued From Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp Arriving in Britain After WWII, 1945.

December 15, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site[embedded content] Britain welcomes children liberated from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Knowing what we do of the horror […]

28 Incredible Vintage Photographs of Troops Celebrating the Holidays During World War II

December 14, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteChristmas is a time when normal routine is suspended for many people – and so it was in […]

This Special Bra Was Made Entirely From Plastic to Protect Female Factory Workers During World War II

December 1, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWith vast swathes of America’s male population having joined the fighting, the War years saw women filing into […]

The Story Behind the Photo of 10-Year-Old Japanese Boy Carries His Deceased Brother to a Cremation Pyre, 1945

November 19, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis heart rending photo was taken by Joe O’Donnell, who was sent by the U.S. military to document […]

The Story Behind Toni Frissell’s Iconic Image of an Abandoned Boy Clutching a Stuffed Animal in the Rubble of 1945 London

November 15, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“Here are faces that I have found memorable. If they are not all as happy as kings, it […]

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