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The Great Sphinx of Giza, photographed 172 years ago, 1851. (Colourized)

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Martin Monti was a St. Louis Air Force pilot who defected to Nazi Germany and joined the Waffen-SS. After the war, he initially managed to conceal his defection. But minutes after being honorably discharged, he was arrested for treason. Monti was arraigned while still in uniform, 1948 .

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The shortest, tallest and fattest man of europe playing a game of cards - 1913 - Colorised

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All of them pick shrimp at the peerless oyster co. photo was taken while bosses were at dinner as they refused to permit the children to be in photos. bay St. Louis, Miss, March 1911. photo by Lewis Wickes Hine

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Huge concert organized by Dr. Goebbels in the Berlin Philharmonic hall to mark the 54th Birthday of Adolf Hitler (20 April 1943). Original color pic taken by Hugo Jaeger

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Young Dutch skater equipped with a safety cushion, 1933 -

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Hitler, Bormann and others at the 1938 Nürnberg Rally, Original color picture by Hugo Jaeger.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Lucerne (Switzerland) in 1893. Photograph: Swiss National Museum

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Oslo, Norway (1884)

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The funeral of Adolf Wagner, Gauleiter of Upper Austria -Bavaria at Munich Ehrentempel (17 April 1944). Hitler attended the funeral. Notice the camouflage nets on the Buildings to protect it from Allied air raids. Original color picture taken by Hugo Jaeger.

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The remains of a cable car after a US Marine Corps aircraft, flying too low and against regulations, in order for the pilots to "have fun" and "take videos of the scenery", cut the cable that was supporting it to the aerial lift. 20 people were killed (Cavalese, Italy 1998)

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