WWII

The Problem that makes all Europe Wonder – Picture Post, 1945

This was the third major story Picture Post published on the Holocaust, after the liberations of the camps in Italy…

5 months ago

The Problem that makes all Europe Wonder – Picture Post, 1945

When Nordhausen concentration camp in Thuringia was liberated by the 104th US Infantry Division on April 12, 1945, the soldiers…

5 months ago

The 8th Army Breaks Open a Concentration Camp in Italy – Picture Post, 1943

Six weeks after Mussolini's downfall, in September 1943, the British 8th Army liberated an Italian internment camp in Ferramonti.

5 months ago

A Menorah in Germany, 1931

In 1931, Rosi Posner, wife of the last rabbi of Kiel took this photo of the family menorah from the…

6 months ago

War Prisoners Return by Ernst Haas, 1949

The first transport from the Soviet Union carrying the repatriated prisoners-of-war arrived in Austria on 12 September 1947. Like other…

8 months ago

Dunkirk Evacuation by Hugo Jaeger, 1940

From 1936 until the end of the WWII, Hugo Jaeger worked as a personal photographer for Adolf Hitler and took…

8 months ago

Private Life of Hitler by Hugo Jaeger, 1936 – 1945

From 1936 until the end of the Second World War, Hugo Jaeger worked as a personal photographer for Adolf Hitler…

9 months ago

Hiroo Onoda is Found, 1974

In the spring of 1974, the world was captivated by the remarkable story of 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the…

9 months ago

Stalingrad by Emmanuil Evzerikhin, 1942

A picture taken by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin in August 1942, conveyed the devastation of the Battle of Stalingrad by juxtaposing a…

9 months ago

Eichmann identified, 1960

In 1960, justice finally caught up with one of the most notorious war criminals. Adolf Eichman was abducted by the…

10 months ago