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Me posing for the photo booth camera. 1984
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A boy carrying oversized pretzels in post-war Germany, 1950s. A symbol of recovery, resilience, and the joy of simple things.
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In the wake of the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the French army brought in bulldozer to help bury the enormous mass of dead bodies. There were between 12,000 to 15,000 people dying each day.
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Former Nazi concentration camp guard Michael Kolnhofer points a revolver at reporters and TV cameramen who want to interview him about the denaturalization proceedings just initiated against him. He was gunned down by the police after a brief shootout, Kansas City, Kansas, 1996 .
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Farewell to German children of the Hitler Youth leaving to fortify the Siegfried Line on the Western Front, September 1944 (766x510)
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Members of an oil workers' union display a banner with the message "Boil Hitler in Texas Oil" circa 1941/1942.
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New York City throws a ticker-tape parade in the “Canyon of Heroes” for U.S. troops returning from Operation Desert Storm, 1991.
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"We must not allow Russia's charm to hide its atrocities" — French video from 2010.
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