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The cremation of Pol Pot, the man who ruined the lives of millions. His remains were burnt with a bunch of old tires and rubbish. Photo by the Thai Army, April 1998.

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Photo of ethnic German civilians in Czechoslovakia being rounded up in Bořislavka cinema to later be executed, May 1945 (640x360)

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An Asian flight attendant on the plane, 1966, shot with Kodachrome

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“The Subhuman” German SS brochure depicting Slavs of Eastern Europe as “subhuman” and “racially inferior” (1942)

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A man protects his family from cannibals during the Madras famine of 1877, under British rule in India. \

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Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon in 1984.

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FBI agent delivering $1,000,000 to a plane hijacker, in his underwear. 1972.

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My grandparents at the beginning of their long (but mostly unhappy) marriage (1950s)

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Lynching postcard from Texas (1908) 1080x1691

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Anti East German Propaganda poster-1950 - Pakistan

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A filipino survivor of the Manila massacre, shows where a Japanese officer tried to behead him, 1945.

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My Beautiful Great-Aunt and Grandmother, Portland, Oregon 1944ish.

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