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Piles of bowls litter the snow-covered railroad tracks leading to the main gate of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, after it was liberated by the 322nd Rifle Division of the Soviet Army, on January 27th, 1945.

Posted 10 hours ago
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A group of Russian oligarchs, including members of the Semibankirshchina, at a party. Circa 1996.

Posted 20 hours ago
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Adolf Hitler, at a window of the Reich Chancellery, receives an ovation on the evening of his inauguration as Chancellor of Germany, January 30th 1933

Posted a day ago
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Kabul, Afghanistan in 1995. (581×726)

Posted 2 days ago
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This image shows the body of Joe Masseria inside a Coney Island restaurant after he was shot to death on April 15, 1931. The ace of spades playing card in his hand likely was planted, although he was playing pinochle when the shooting occurred. (1417x1523)

Posted 2 days ago
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Welsh Strongwoman Miriam Kate Williams "Vulcana" in her show outfit, circa 1890.

Posted 3 days ago
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A man takes a selfie using a stick of wood to activate the camera, 1957

Posted 3 days ago
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Josette Mollande posing with the uniform she was forced to wear in Ravensbrück. She was arrested in 1944 for her activity in the French resistance when she was only 21., 1945 France

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An Undercover Police Officer apprehends a mugger on the New York Subway, 1985. Photo taken by Bruce Davidson.

Posted 4 days ago
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Saddam Hussein Posing for a Photo with Western Hostages in Kuwait 1990

Posted 4 days ago
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The last photo of Howard Hughes. The photo was taken in 1961, 15 years before his death and there are no known later photos, because the distinguished engineer, pilot and millionaire fell into madness and disappeared from public life.

Posted 5 days ago