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…
Teenager-Brüder nach brutalem Angriff inhaftiert
Ein zutiefst beunruhigender Fall in Liverpool hat das Thema Jugendgewalt erneut in den Fokus gerückt. Die beiden jugendlichen Brüder Connor und Brandon Doran sowie ihr Freund Simon Evans wurden für den tragischen Mord an Kevin Bennett, einem schutzlosen, obdachlosen Mann,…
AMERICAN MARTYR IN BERLIN: The Final Moments Before Execution of Mildred Harnack – America’s Forgotten Heroine Who Defied the Nazis
In August 1942, Mildred Harnack penned a hopeful letter to her family in Wisconsin, urging them not to worry despite the raging war in Europe. Months later, the Gestapo captured her in Nazi-occupied Lithuania, and Adolf Hitler himself ordered her…
The face of the Wehrmacht soldier: discipline, strength and determination
A Wehrmacht soldier often embodied the ideal of a disciplined and determined fighter. His face was characterized by sharp, masculine features—a prominent chin, high cheekbones, and a firm, penetrating gaze. His eyes, often marked by an iron will, reflected both…
World War II: German rations and the nutrition of the troops of the Third Reich
Image credit: Food for thought – Curses in chalk: “God punish England” reads the inscription on the anti-aircraft gun behind the soldiers as they eat from their mess tins. The barely legible writing on the rifle barrel reads: “Always shoot…
East German soldier helps a young boy sneak over the Berlin Wall, 1961
An East German soldier helps a young boy secretly cross the Berlin Wall, August 13, 1961. This is a photograph of an East German soldier helping a young boy cross the newly constructed Berlin Wall on the day it was…