Photographs

Estonian Swedes attempting to escape Soviet occupation, late 1944

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Estonian Swedes (Swedish speaking minority residing in the coastal areas of Estonia) trying to flee Soviet occupation in late 1944. Estonia had a very rough deal in World War II. Despite declaring neutrality, the country was occupied by the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1941, by Germany between 1941 and …

British humour during the Battle of Britain, Summer of 1940

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British humour on display in the Summer of 1940, during the Battle of Britain, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy managed to resist and halt the large scale attacks carried by the German Luftwaffe. Book suggestion ⤵️ 📖 The Battle of …

US soldier guards German prisoners at Camp Remagen, Rheinwiesenlager, 1945

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Us soldier standing guard over thousands of German prisoners in 1945 at Camp Remagen, part of the Rheinwiesenlager. The Rheinwiesenlager were 19 camps in Allied occupied Germany before the end of WW2, which held over one million surrendered Wehrmacht soldiers. Us Army Chief of Staff, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, made …

Heinrich Himmler at Mauthausen Camp stone quarry, 1941

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Mauthausen Camp Commandant Franz Ziereis with SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler and SS Obergruppenfuhrer Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner on April 27th, 1941. The photo is taken at the “Wiener Graben” stone quarry, where the camp inmates were worked tirelessly. The quarry was one of the main reasons for the location of the …