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In pictures: Auschwitz-Birkenau, then and now

A new publication by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland combines photographs taken in the death camp during World War II alongside pictures of the same location today.

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The wife who changed history - by asking for the first divorce

Viciously beaten by her aristocrat husband. Thrown out of her home. Banned from seeing her own children. Caroline Norton paid a terrible price for an unwise marriage. Yet her courage in daring to seek a divorce 150 years ago unleashed a social revolution that was to change Britain for better... and for worse

Photos of Destitute East End Children. Taken by Horace Warner in 1912 in Spitalfields England. Photos of Destitute East End Children. Taken by Horace Warner in 1912 in Spital Antique Photos, Vintage Pictures, Vintage Photographs, Old Pictures, Vintage Images, Old Photos, British History, American History, American Symbols

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Amazing Vintage Photographs of Destitute East End Children From 100 Years Ago

Taken by Horace Warner in 1912 in Spitalfields England.

Children pretending to be nurses in the ruins of a bombed London, WWII - London Blitz Old Pictures, Old Photos, Vintage Nurse, Powerful Images, Interesting History, British History, Modern History, American History, Native American

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Children pretend to be nurses in the ruins of a bombed London, WWII. BBC

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32 Things You Might Not Know About London

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The biggest survey of Native American DNA has concluded that the New World was settled in three major waves. But the majority of today's indigenous Americans descend from a single group of migrants that crossed from Asia to Alaska years ago or more. Native American Population, Native American History, Native American Indians, Native Americans, Native Indian, Native Art, World History, Family History, Before Us

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Americas 'settled in three waves'

The biggest survey of Native American DNA has concluded that the New World was settled in three major waves.

The man who saved the world… 50 years ago, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, second-in-command Vasilli Arkhipov of the Soviet submarine refused to agree with his Captain’s order to launch nuclear torpedos against US warships and setting. Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Historia Universal, Nuclear War, E Mc2, Fukushima, We Are The World, Ancient History, World History

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The Man Who Saved the World (2014) - IMDb

Few people know of him... Yet hundreds of millions of people are alive because of him. The actions of Stanislav Petrov, a retired Soviet military officer, prevented the start of a worldwide... See full summary »

Then Keshia Thomas of Ann Arbor shields a man wearing a Confederate T-shirt from an angry crowd during a Ku Klux Klan rally on June 1996 - “People don’t have to remember my name. I just want them to remember that I did the right thing. Ku Klux Klan, La Compassion, Black Teenagers, Faith In Humanity Restored, Ann Arbor, Good People, Amazing People, Angry People, Amazing Person

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The teenager who saved a man with an SS tattoo

In 1996, a black teenager protected a white man from an angry mob who thought he supported the racist Ku Klux Klan. The young woman's bravery is still inspiring people today.

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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), accompanied by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, tour the grounds of Buckingham Palace on September George Vi, Prinz Charles, Prinz William, Winston Churchill, Churchill Quotes, Sandringham House, Commonwealth, Royal Words, King's Speech

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Revealed: How Churchill ordered BBC to remove King George VI's stutters in recorded wartime speeches

The story adds to the intrigue surrounding the Oscar-nominated film The King's Speech, which features Colin Firth’s portrayal of the monarch battling his impediment.

Cheers in London as WWII war in Europe comes to an end. Old Pictures, Old Photos, Victory In Europe Day, We Are The World, British History, London History, World History, Vintage Photographs, World War Two

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itsjohnsen: “ Cheers in London as the war in Europe comes to an end. VE Day, May 8, 1945. BBC ”

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Queen Mary I and her half-sister and successor, Queen Elizabeth I; daughter of Anne Boleyn.

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Anne Boleyn DID have an affair with her brother: The poem that 'proves' the adultery of Henry VIII's queen

Professor George Bernard, an authority on the Tudor period, says a French poem - written a few days after Anne was beheaded in 1536 - reveals the truth about her bedroom secrets.