Baby Fae: Was passierte, als ein Mädchen eine Herztransplantation von einem Pavian erhielt?
Im Jahr 1984 schockierte ein bahnbrechender und riskanter medizinischer Eingriff die Welt: die Geschichte von Baby Fae , einem neugeborenen Mädchen, das in einem verzweifelten Versuch, sein Leben zu retten, eine Pavianherztransplantation erhielt. Dieses ebenso umstrittene wie bahnbrechende Ereignis läutete eine Ära…
Der Mythos von Rasputins Penis: zwischen Geschichte und Legende
Grigori Rasputin ist eine der rätselhaftesten Figuren der russischen Geschichte . Um seinen Einfluss, sein Charisma und seinen wilden Lebensstil ranken sich Mythen. Er duschte nicht, roch unangenehm und hatte einen Bart voller Essensreste. Dennoch waren die Frauen von ihm hingerissen. Seine…
Der seltsame Fall des Mannes, der ohne 90 % seines Gehirns lebte
Was wir über unser Gehirn zu wissen glauben, ist nur ein kleiner Einblick in seine wahre Komplexität. Finden Sie nicht auch? Vielleicht interessiert Sie ein Fall, der die Wissenschaft in Atem hält: ein Mann, der ohne 90 % seines Hirngewebes…
Guards of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp: The Banality of Evil in Portraits _de
The term “banality of evil,” introduced by political scientist Hannah Arendt, expresses the disturbing idea that ordinary people can commit cruel acts. The portraits of the Bergen-Belsen camp guards vividly illustrate this concept. Despite their banal and unremarkable appearance in…
Faces of War: German Soldiers in Everyday Life – Part 102 _de
German soldiers return to Berlin after the French campaign in July 1940 . A German soldier jumps over a trench with an MG34 machine gun in his hand. On September 1, 1939, one and a half million Germans crossed the Polish border and conquered the country in just…
Germany 1944: Training of German tank crews behind the front line
In 1944, as World War II approached its climax, effective troop training was of utmost importance to the German Reich. The image shown here documents an impressive scene: dozens of young German Panzer soldiers stand in line in front of…
30 breathtaking pictures of destroyed Tiger I tanks
The Tiger 1 was undoubtedly the most feared tank of the Allies in World War II. What made this tank so feared and respected was its massive 88 mm gun, which could destroy a Sherman tank at a distance of…
A detailed look at the German Panzer III
The Wehrmacht fielded the Panzerkampfwagen III (or Pz. III) from the very first day of World War II . It remained in service with Wehrmacht divisions until mid-1944, and individual tanks fought until Germany’s surrender. Despite its shortcomings, the Pz. III contributed…
Between March and Melancholy: Soldier Portraits – Part 104 _de
🇩🇪 A lunch in the heart of the North African theater of war On a military vehicle in the middle of the arid desert, the legendary General Erwin Rommel – the “Desert Fox” – shares a meal with a soldier. A…
A combination of impressive historical photographs from Berlin during the Second World War and today _de
Many buildings were rebuilt after World War II, but history is preserved in the photographs. Sergey Larenkov is a photographer who was affected by World War II. He researched archival footage shot during the siege from 1941 to 1944, reproduced…