Karl Höecker: Laughing at Auschwitz (rare historical photos)
SS auxiliaries pose at a resort for Auschwitz personnel. Laughter lines the faces of camp staff as they prepare for a sing-song. The photos were taken between May and December … Continue reading →
November 9, 2018 · Leave a comment
John Topham: Simone Segouin, the 18 year old French Resistance fighter, 1944
Her name was Simone Segouin, also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet. When this photo was taken she was 18 years old. The girl had killed two Germans in the Paris fighting two days previously and also had assisted in capturing 25 German prisoners of war during the fall of Chartres.
February 2, 2018 · 1 Comment
Hans Runesson: Woman hitting neo-Nazi with her handbag, 1985
Danuta Danielsson, a Polish-Jewish woman whose mother was in a World War Two concentration camp, during a Neo-Nazi march in Växjö, Sweden on April 13, 1985. Photo by Hans Runesson. … Continue reading →
December 21, 2016 · Leave a comment