Beware, trap! US soldiers discover abandoned German Nebelwerfer emplacement with booby traps – France, 1944
In the summer of 1944, after the successful landing in Normandy, the Allied forces advanced further into German-occupied France. This phase of the Second World War saw not only open battles but also numerous tactical maneuvers, in which the Wehrmacht’s…
Women clearing rubble in the heart of destruction – Germany’s reconstruction begins between ruins and hope _de
The Second World War not only left deep wounds in people’s hearts, but also transformed entire cities into landscapes of rubble. The scene depicted in this image shows one of these countless destroyed places in post-war Germany—possibly Berlin, Dresden, or…
What does a soldier have to do with UFOs and traffic lights?
At first glance, this image appears to be a technical misexposure—a double negative, a photographic accident. But upon closer inspection, a story unfolds that goes far beyond an ordinary photograph. A soldier, perhaps from another era, peers over a wall…
Auschwitz: The tragic fate of the children – hunger, cold, experiments and hopelessness _de
Auschwitz – the name of this place is inextricably linked to the darkest chapters in human history. Millions of people were systematically murdered here during World War II. Yet while many reports focus on the adults, the fate of the…
Bergen-Belsen – Memories in Shoes: Testimonies of a Dark Chapter _de
Amid the rolling hills of the Lüneburg Heath lies a place that, even decades later, is still marked by the shadows of the past: the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Today, silent witnesses, such as thousands of abandoned shoes, recall the…
Berlin 1948 – When hope fell from the sky: The airlift at Tempelhof Airport _de
After the end of World War II, Berlin lay in ruins. The city was divided between the four victorious Allied powers – the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. But tensions between East and West soon became…
24+ Erstaunliche Vintage-Fotografien, die das Alltagsleben in Berlin während der 1920er Jahre einfangen _de
The Golden Years of the Year in Berlin are a long-term period in the history of Berlin, Germany, Europe and the world in all countries. Now the Groß-Berlin-Gesetz wurde die Stadt zur drittgrößten Gemeinde der Welt. Berlin is ready for…
Humiliation and psychological destruction: Germans forcibly shave the beards of Jewish men
Orthodox Jews viewed their beards and their beards as an important aspect of their religious identity. Shaving these beards not only deprived them of their “identity” and was embarrassing, but their hairless faces and shaved heads (the latter also applied…
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The image shows a German anti-aircraft gun team during World War II placing a projectile into the fuse holder. This device, an automatic fuse holder, was a remarkable technical detail that made the use of the legendary 8.8 cm anti-aircraft…
Beth Phelps: Ein junges Leben voller Mut, Freude und Inspiration
Beth Phelps war ein fröhliches und energiegeladenes Mädchen von der Insel Jersey. Schon in sehr jungen Jahren musste sie gesundheitliche Herausforderungen bewältigen, die andere Kinder in ihrem Alter nicht kannten. Doch anstatt den Mut zu verlieren, begegnete sie jeder Situation…