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Serbian girl murdered by Ustaše guards at Jasenovac concentration camp (1941-1945) during World War II. The camp was so brutal that even Himmler and the SS were shocked.

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A white mob, consisting of thousands of people, many of whom are hoping to participate in or witness a lynching, stands outside the courthouse as a black man stands trial for murdering a white girl. At least one person in the crowd was seen carrying a rope, Kentucky, 1920 .

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British soldiers of 'L' Squadron SBS (Special Boat Squadron) curiously looking at Greek carvings on ancient ruins at the Parthenon temple - Athenian Acropolis, Greece, late October 1944 - Second World War - southern European Theatre.

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Soviets waving their flag over the Reichstag after the capture of Berlin in 1945 (260x190)

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"Mobot" (MObile roBOT) made by Hughes Aircraft Electronic Labs dressing a woman in California, 1961.

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Three Sioux veterans of the Battle of Little Bighorn attend a ceremony in South Dakota in 1948. They had witnessed “Custer’s Last Stand” in 1876, where Gen. George Custer’s unit was surrounded & annihilated. They are from left to right, Iron Hawk (98), Dewey Beard (88), & High Eagle (87), (1144x918)

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Adolf Hitler meeting Herbert Hoover in Germany,1938. 745x956

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Yossi Ghinsberg, the day he was found, having been lost alone in the Amazon for three weeks. 1981

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Human Statue of Liberty made with 18,000 men, Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, 1918

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A 45,000lb mine explodes underneath the German lines at Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. (Colourized)

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The Damned 1975 at the World Trade Center (410 x 610) colorized by palette.fm

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Nazis marching with torches in Berlin to celebrate Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany on January 30th, 1933

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