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Decolonization of Africa, USSR, c. 1959
‘Look, he’s eating it!’, Soviet Union, probably 1980s
My grandmother grew up above her father’s Corner Market in San Francisco, California during the Great Depression. She would always tell me “We were poor, but we didn’t know it. Because everybody was poor in our neighborhood, and we had ice cream, and candy from Daddy’s Shop. So we didn’t know.”
Thérèse of Lisieux dressed up as Joan of Arc. The only photograph of a canonized Saint cosplaying as another Saint. (c. 1897)
The Situation in the Far East 2022
A Frenchwoman, believed to have been a prostitute, has her head shaved by French civilians to publicly mark her for reportedly collaborating with the Nazis (August 29, 1944)
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1860’s photo of Russian general Grigory Von Zass, notorious for his brutal role in the still officially denied “Circassian genocide,” that killed from 1-1.5 million people. Zass openly encouraged the murder, rape & torture of Circassian civilians & was known for collecting their body parts (342×435)
18 year old GI John Wauthier with his BAR near Bütgenbach Belgium, January 1945. He survived the war and married Ursula Ann Hoffman, they had ten kids together. John passed away at the age of 71 on Nov 7, 1997 and is buried at Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Cecil, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
American elections. Soviet Union, 1970s
British pro women’s suffrage publication(1912. )
My grandfather third on the right bottom row. Shot down on his 17th mission. 2 KIA the 8 POW’s. Top turret gunner Technical Sergeant Lowell T Jolley was lynched. Tail gunner SSG James H Wayne chute failed. My grandfathers after action report will be put in the body text & I have a few POW stories.
Indonesian President Sukarno (right) formally handing power over to General Suharto (left) 1966. Suharto had killed hundreds of thousands of dissidents & effectively worked to overthrow him behind the scenes for months. He went on to rule for 32 years & acquired a $15-35 billion fortune (1024×682)
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