The Spartacist Uprising in Berlin
On January 5, 1919, a power struggle broke out in post-war Germany. January 1919: Barricade in Berlin during the uprising Germany had been defeated in the First World War, humiliated, suffered severe food shortages, and was ravaged by the flu…
A feat of strength in the mud: German soldiers pull a Pak 40 through a Dutch village, autumn 1943 _de
Autumn 1943. The war has Europe firmly in its grip, and the world is witnessing unprecedented destruction. In this rare color photograph, we see German soldiers struggling to drag a heavy Pak 40 through the soggy ground of a Dutch…
Auschwitz, May 1944: Women and children on their way to selection _de
The photograph depicts one of the most harrowing moments of the Holocaust: a group of Jewish women and children are photographed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp on their way to the so-called “selection.” The image is from a…
Shadows of History: Secret Aerial Photograph of a Mysterious Building from the Time of the Former German Regime _de
Amidst dense forests and isolated from the outside world, a structure emerged in an old aerial photograph that has astonished historians and researchers alike. The image shows a geometrically precise area with monumental structures – relics from a time when…
Through the Storm: Images of the Life of German Troops (Part 103) _de
In the photo, German soldiers perform an acrobatic demonstration on a BSA G14 motorcycle with sidecar. A German soldier shows two children a BMW R-12 motorcycle with sidecar. A parade of German tanks on the Zeppelinwiese in Nuremberg, Germany, around…
Uniforms and Equipment: German Wehrmacht in Detail (Part 123) _de
Girls from the League of German Girls (BDM) present flowers to officers of the Condor Legion in Hamburg on May 31, 1939 . In the photo, German soldiers are ready to open fire with an MG-34 machine gun mounted on a BMW R-75 motorcycle . Soldiers of the $$ buy ice cream…
Deutsche Soldaten auf dem Marsch
Deutsche Soldaten auf dem Marsch. Keine weiteren Details bekannt, obwohl einige Blumen am Straßenrand und das allgemeine Erscheinungsbild der Landschaft darauf schließen lassen, dass sich das Bild irgendwo an der Westfront im Spätfrühling oder Frühsommer 1940 abgespielt haben könnte. Interessanterweise…
Mitten im Krieg: Ein Akt der Menschlichkeit bei Saint-Lô, 1944
Am 20. Juni 1944, nur wenige Tage nach der alliierten Landung in der Normandie, ereignete sich eine Szene, die bis heute als bewegendes Beispiel für Mitgefühl und Menschlichkeit im Angesicht des Krieges gilt. In der Nähe von Saint-Lô, einer kleinen…
8. August 1938: Die ersten Häftlinge erreichen das deutsche Lager Mauthausen – Beginn eines dunklen Kapitels
Am 8. August 1938 erreichte eine erste Gruppe von Gefangenen aus dem Konzentrationslager Dachau den kleinen Ort Mauthausen in Oberösterreich. Dieser Tag markierte den Beginn des Lagers Mauthausen, das bald zu einem der berüchtigtsten Konzentrationslager im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland werden sollte….
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…