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People taking merchandise from J. C. Discount Outlet, located at 2101 W. Pico Blvd., during the riots of 1992. The security gate has been broken open. Photo date: April 30, 1992.

Philanthropy Roundtable

On September 11th 2001, Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda launched a terrorist attack by hijacking two American planes into the twin towers, killing 100's. The President at the time George Bush would give a speech which would catch the worlds attention on…

This image shows burns on the legs of a victim of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

Carl Mydans was coming to the end of his assignment as TIME-LIFE bureau chief in Tokyo when North Korea decided to invade South Korea. During the first few weeks of the Korean War, the fighting was referred to as nothing more than a "police action."…

Wie die Frauen des KZ unter den extremsten Bedingungen die schwierigsten Arbeiten verrichten mußten, zeigen mehrere Fotos im neuen Museum der nationalen Mahn- und Gedenkstätte. Insgesamt geben etwa 700 Fotos, Dokumente und andere Sachzeugen Auskunft…

Warsaw Ghetto: Zelaznej Bramy (Iron Gate) Square [1], ghetto wall and Lubomirski palace. Photo likely taken from Janasz Bazaar building at Rynkowa 11 street.

Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, Polen 1945. Lagertor (innen) / Ausfahrt nach der Befreiung, im Vordergrund von den Wachmannschaften zurückgelassene Ausrüstungsgegenstände.

Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland 1945. Camp gate (inside) / exit after…