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The boys camping, 1965

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In 1957, Iyumbu ben Ikumbu (center) stalled mass murderer William Unek by engaging him in a conversation as his wife (left) alarmed the police. During their conversation, Unek was still armed and had already killed 57 people. The two men talked for nearly two hours, Tanzania .

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The booking photo of Charles Bannon, who killed a family of six in Schafer. Bannon had been a farmhand for the family, North Dakota, December 1930 .

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My dad in the early 70’s

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World leaders on the podium during the Victory Parade in honour of the 60th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Red Square, Moscow, 9 May 2005.

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«The End. The last hours at Hitler's headquarters.» USSR, 1948.

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Polish state authorities destroying a Ukrainian Orthodox Church in eastern Poland during the policy of revindication (1938)(1583x1039)

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My uncle 18 months old poured a pot of hot coffee on his head. My grandparents were not the most responsible parents in the world

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Colorized photo of a British suffragette being arrested during a protest, ca. 1910 source: LOC

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German troops setting up beach defences run as an RAF reconnaissance plane flies overhead, Normandy, June 1944

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1930s–40s Finnish propaganda poster calling for the creation of a Greater Finland.

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Young Boy Posing/Hugging His Rooster '20s

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