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Through the IAEA's International Chernobyl Project, some 200 scientists from 25 countries and seven international organizations participated in field…

The Liberation of Bergen-belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945

Women SS camp guards remove bodies from lorries and carry them to the mass grave.

San Quentin Gas Chamber

The gas chamber that was located in San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California. The chamber was dismantled in 2019 when Governor Gavin Newsom…

Lethal Injection Bed

The lethal injection bed used in the "Old Main," the retired Southern part of the Penitentiary of New Mexico.

Execution of five deserters

Engraving of Union soldiers executing deserters via firing squad

John Brown's last speech

Abolitionist John Brown, about to be sentenced to death in 1859, addresses the court. Broadside sold at "The Liberator", Wm. Lloyd Garrison's…

Keep These Hands Off!

A poster encouraging people to buy war bonds