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Tag Archives: World War II

Poland probes artist’s claim he used Holocaust ash

Poland probes artist’s claim he used Holocaust ash

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Wikipedia: Chiune Sugihara

Wikipedia: Chiune Sugihara

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Sergey Larenkov takes photos from World War II and merges them with present-day photos of the same locations. The one accompanying this post is titled “Vyborg. Bridge to the past.” You should probably go to his LiveJournal and check out his other work, including the first photo in this D-Day set and this set from Gatchina.

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Pearl Harbor surprise: Photo of female firefighters wasn’t from Dec. 7

Pearl Harbor surprise: Photo of female firefighters wasn’t from Dec. 7

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Today is the seventieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. The Big Picture has a gallery of portraits of survivors, shots from ceremonies held in the past few days, and eleven photos taken the day of the attack. The above photo, from the Associated Press, is of the USS Arizona collapsing into the sea.

The whole set is definitely worth checking out.

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British spy files shed light on Nazi saboteurs

British spy files shed light on Nazi saboteurs

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