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Rudolf von Ribbentrop in London in 1936, shortly after his father, Joachim, was appointed German ambassador to Great Britain. He attended Westminster School there, where one classmate stated that he dressed "like the rest of us, but with a Nazi party youth badge."
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Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt meeting with US president Ronald Reagan in late 1982. Montt, considered the most brutal perpetrator of the 36 year "Guatemalan genocide," had been engaged in a brutal terror campaign against indigenous Mayans for months at the time of the meeting. (1785x1285)
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The bodies of Dea agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena & his pilot, kidnapped & tortured to death by the Guadalajara cartel for 30 hours, are found on March 5, 1985. The event would change US-Mexican relations and the drug war forever, & cause speculation of Mexican government & CIA involvement (1024x582)
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Jack Nicholson, Vladimir Putin, Peta Wilson (Australian actress) and Nikita Mikhalkov (Russian filmmaker) at a meeting with participants and guests of the XXIII Moscow International Film Festival, 2001 .
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Indonesian President Sukarno (right) formally handing power over to General Suharto (left) 1966. Suharto had killed hundreds of thousands of dissidents & effectively worked to overthrow him behind the scenes for months. He went on to rule for 32 years & acquired a $15-35 billion fortune (1024x682)
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The mummified body of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, aka "Ramesses the Great," or "The Great Ancestor," photographed upon it's discovery in 1881. Ramesses lived into his 90's (1303-1213 BCE) serving for over 66 years, & is considered by some to have been Egypt's most accomplished pharaoh (1594x2000)
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1860's photo of Russian general Grigory Von Zass, notorious for his brutal role in the still officially denied "Circassian genocide," that killed from 1-1.5 million people. Zass openly encouraged the murder, rape & torture of Circassian civilians & was known for collecting their body parts (342x435)
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Louis Riel addressing the jury during his trial for treason. Regina, Canada. 1885.
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Late 1800's - early 1900's photo of Napoleon Bonaparte's death mask, modeled from his actual dead face. (964x700)
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