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Parade of deported Germans in October 1959 West Germany protesting post WW2 era treatment (1280x841)

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Museum curator Majorie Courtenay-Latimer with the taxidermied remains of the coelacanth she discovered while looking through a pile of fish caught in East London, South Africa on December 22nd,1938

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German submarine U-848 just before being sunk in the South Atlantic on 5 November 1943 with all 63 hands on board. The image was taken from a low flying American PB4Y-1 aircraft while German sailors are taking cover on the conning tower

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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.

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

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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

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Kabul, Afghanistan in 1995. (581×726)

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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)

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Welsh Strongwoman Miriam Kate Williams "Vulcana" in her show outfit, circa 1890.

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A man takes a selfie using a stick of wood to activate the camera, 1957

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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.

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