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JEWISH PARACHUTIST HANNAH SZENES WITH HER BROTHERJewish parachutist Hannah Szenes with her brother, before leaving for a rescue mission.
Between 1943 and 1945, a group of Jewish men and women…
INDIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER A STATE SWEPT BY RELIGIOUS STRIFEThe central Government dismissed the Punjab state government Thursday night and took direct control of the state in an attempt to halt more than a…
INDIA ARMS AND ABUSES IN INDIAN PUNJAB AND KASHMIRAlthough the Indian governments crackdown in Punjab has largely crushed militant activity for the time being, arms are still widely dispersed among…
JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR, ISHIKAWA, OKINAWA
WWII: Europe: Wetzlar, Germany; "Sgt. Edward Hill, Manchester, England, captured five years ago at Dunkerque was freed when American Seventh Armored Division, First Army captured Dulag-Luft POW Camp""Sgt. Edward Hill, Manchester, England, captured five years ago at Dunkerque was freed when American Seventh Armored Division, First Army captured…
Civil Rights Act of 1964The Act enforced the constitutional right to vote, conferred jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States, provided injunctive relief…
Straw hat worn during the 1966 March Against FearStraw hat with a cloth band around the crown. The cloth band is multi-colored with blue and green stripes and the word [FREEDOM] written around it in…
The Psychology of Control
The Signing of the ADAThe temperature had soared into the mid-90s on the south lawn of the White House as nearly 3,000 invited advocates and supporters of the Americans…
Manzanar, Calif.--Evacuee children of the 5th grade struggling over their English composition in the first temporary voluntary school at this War Relocation Authority center. Photographer: Lange, Dorothea Manzanar, California