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And I thought it was some kind of sofa for kids to play with. Humour, Kids, Meme Pictures, Fun, Lol, Kinder, Sex Life, Picture
And I thought it was some kind of sofa for kids to play with.
When the former commander Treblinka, Kurt Franz, was arrested in 1959, a search of his home yielded a scrapbook with horrific photos of the massacre titled “Beautiful Years. World History, Ww2, War, People, Portraits, History, The Third Reich, Ww11, Ww2 History
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When the former commander Treblinka, Kurt Franz, was arrested in 1959, a search of his home yielded a scrapbook with horrific photos of the massacre titled “Beautiful Years.
Waldemar Hoven was an SS physician at Buchenwald concentration camp. Hoven was involved in medical experiments regarding typhus and the tolerance of serum containing phenol, and which led to the deaths of many inmates.He was also involved in T4 euthanasia program aiming to exterminate "unfit" people, like psychiatric patients and the retarded.After the war he was sentenced to death for war crimes and hanged on June 2, 1948 at Landsberg prison in Bavaria. Crime, Political Prisoners, Inmates, Prisoners Of War, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Nuremberg Trials, Hoven
Waldemar Hoven was an SS physician at Buchenwald concentration camp. Hoven was involved in medical experiments regarding typhus and the tolerance of serum containing phenol, and which led to the deaths of many inmates.He was also involved in T4 euthanasia program aiming to exterminate "unfit" people, like psychiatric patients and the retarded.After the war he was sentenced to death for war crimes and hanged on June 2, 1948 at Landsberg prison in Bavaria.
BDM-Hauptgruppenführerin lse Hirsch was a member of ‘The Werewolves’, the 1945 Nazi resistance force working behind enemy lines during the Allies advance into Germany. She took part in 'Operation Carnival', the assassination of the mayor of Aachen, a wartime US collaborator. She parachuted along with five men into the outskirts of Aachen, found their target and executed him. She was eventually arrested, tried and sentenced to four years in prison. Historical Photos, World War Ii, Military History, Female Soldier, World War Two
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BDM-Hauptgruppenführerin lse Hirsch was a member of ‘The Werewolves’, the 1945 Nazi resistance force working behind enemy lines during the Allies advance into Germany. She took part in 'Operation Carnival', the assassination of the mayor of Aachen, a wartime US collaborator. She parachuted along with five men into the outskirts of Aachen, found their target and executed him. She was eventually arrested, tried and sentenced to four years in prison.
German Soldiers of the 709 Infantry Division, abandon their refuge and rush to their positions in Montebourg, Normandy in June 1944. Robert Capa, Budapest, Photographer, Vietnam War Photos, Photojournalist, Fotografia, Vietnam Vets, Vietnam Veterans, First Indochina War
German Soldiers of the 709 Infantry Division, abandon their refuge and rush to their positions in Montebourg, Normandy in June 1944.
American soldiers under fire from a German sniper on the Nibelungen Bridge in Regensburg after one of their comrades was killed (April 1945). On April 23, 1945, German forces blew up the bridge to slow the Allied advance. Vietnam, Wwii Photos, Wwi, Wwii, City
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American soldiers under fire from a German sniper on the Nibelungen Bridge in Regensburg after one of their comrades was killed (April 1945). On April 23, 1945, German forces blew up the bridge to slow the Allied advance.
"“These young German soldiers, likely taken directly from the rank of a local Hitler Youth group, were captured somewhere outside of Leipzig Germany in May of 1945" Military, Troops, Soldier, World War, German Army
37 beautiful, sad but touching colourised images of WWII | War History Online
"“These young German soldiers, likely taken directly from the rank of a local Hitler Youth group, were captured somewhere outside of Leipzig Germany in May of 1945"
Berlin, 1945. after dying for his Country, a young man lies on the ground like so much trash and is not even covered or removed for proper burial. Where are the cheering crowds that sent you off now? Berlin, Historical Pictures, German Women, American Soldiers, Old Photos
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Berlin, 1945. after dying for his Country, a young man lies on the ground like so much trash and is not even covered or removed for proper burial. Where are the cheering crowds that sent you off now?
"Atrocities of the Red Army in World War II. After the summer of 1945, Soviet soldiers caught raping civilians were usually punished to some degree, ranging from arrest to execution.The rapes continued, however, until the winter of 1947–48, when Soviet occupation authorities finally confined Soviet troops to strictly guarded posts and camps,“completely separating them from the residential population in the Soviet zone of Germany." Ile De France, German Soldiers Ww2, Soviet
"Atrocities of the Red Army in World War II. After the summer of 1945, Soviet soldiers caught raping civilians were usually punished to some degree, ranging from arrest to execution.The rapes continued, however, until the winter of 1947–48, when Soviet occupation authorities finally confined Soviet troops to strictly guarded posts and camps,“completely separating them from the residential population in the Soviet zone of Germany."
General Erwin Rommel. A German, but not a Nazi, which led to his death. His story needs to be told. But a true hero and a brilliant man. Harbin, Erwin Rommel, Historia
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General Erwin Rommel. A German, but not a Nazi, which led to his death. His story needs to be told. But a true hero and a brilliant man.
One of the 'Band of Brothers'... a true Hero. ❤️ Country, Band Of Brothers, Idiots, Brave, Military Life, American Heroes, Respect
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One of the 'Band of Brothers'... a true Hero. ❤️
ezekiel 37: 3  “Son of man, can these bones live?”... “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel... My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back...(pictured is A pile of human bones and skulls is seen in 1944 at the Majdanek camp on the outskirts of Lublin, the second largest death camp in German-occupied Poland after Auschwitz. Horror, Fotografie, Resim, Fotos, Momento Mori
As the Holocaust victims were herded into Auschwitz's gas chambers this is what they left behind
ezekiel 37: 3 “Son of man, can these bones live?”... “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel... My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back...(pictured is A pile of human bones and skulls is seen in 1944 at the Majdanek camp on the outskirts of Lublin, the second largest death camp in German-occupied Poland after Auschwitz.
Captured British soldiers at Arnhem. 1944 BRITISH TRAGEDY AT ARNHEM  The Battle of Arnhem was a famous Second World War military engagement fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel and the surrounding countryside from 17-26 September 1944. Arnhem, Infantry, Military Operations, British Army
Captured British soldiers at Arnhem. 1944 BRITISH TRAGEDY AT ARNHEM The Battle of Arnhem was a famous Second World War military engagement fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel and the surrounding countryside from 17-26 September 1944.
SEP 21 1944 Arnhem: British paratroopers continue to hold out3-inch mortar team of No.23 Mortar (Handcarts) Platoon of Support Company, 1st Border Regiment, 1st Airborne Division, in action in the Oosterbeek perimeter, 21 September 1944. British, Action, American Ambulance, Operation Market Garden, British Soldier, German Submarines, Parachute Regiment
Arnhem: British paratroopers continue to hold out – World War II Today
SEP 21 1944 Arnhem: British paratroopers continue to hold out3-inch mortar team of No.23 Mortar (Handcarts) Platoon of Support Company, 1st Border Regiment, 1st Airborne Division, in action in the Oosterbeek perimeter, 21 September 1944.
A German soldier returns home to Frankfurt am Main after the end of the War, 1946. Only to find his family no longer there. Asker, The Past, Photo
German soldier returns home only to find his family no longer there, 1946 - Rare Historical Photos
A German soldier returns home to Frankfurt am Main after the end of the War, 1946. Only to find his family no longer there.