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Ann CaracristiA photograph of Ann Caracristi, a cryptanalyst who worked as a code breaker during World War II. She later became the first female deputy director of…
VICTIMS' SHOES AT MAJDANEKA Soviet soldier walks through a mound of victims' shoes piled outside a warehouse in Majdanek soon after the liberation. Majdanek, Poland
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…
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…
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
Battle of Fredericksburg
Charles E. Sorensen, William S. Knudsen and Edsel Ford at Willow Run AirportView of General William S. Knudsen, Charles E. Sorensen and Edsel Ford posing with group of men in front of military plane at Willow Run Airport in…
Japanese prisoner of war listening to Emperor Showa's surrender announcement, Guam, 15 Aug 1945Japanese prisoner of war listening to Emperor Showa's surrender announcement, Guam, 15 Aug 1945
While millions die for the right to vote
Shall women have the right to vote?Wendell Phillips was an abolitionist and an early advocate of woman suffrage. This pamphlet is a 1910 reprint of an early speech on this topic with a…