These photos of rare historical moments will give you a new appreciation of history, and maybe a new perspective. They're touching, enlightening, and heartbreaking all at once. Just have a look.
1. German children play with stacks of money during the hyperinflation period of the Weimar Republic, 1922.
3. Nazis singing to encourage people to follow their boycott of Jewish shops in 1933.
4. A Jewish woman in Austria in 1938 sitting on a bench marked "Only for Jews."
8. Applause and salutes for Hitler after Germany successfully annexed Austria in 1938.
11. A frozen Soviet fighter propped up by Finnish soldiers to wreak psychological warfare on the invading Soviets.
15. Stalin's son Yakov Dzhugashvili captured by the Germans in 1941. He was later killed in a prison camp.
19. Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces during the battle of Shanghai, 1937.
23. Using a flamethrower to light a cigarette. The German army employed flamethrowers on the Eastern Front during the war.
25. 57,000 German POW are marched to Moscow in 1944 after their defeat in Belarus.
27. Simone Segouin, an 18-year-old French Résistance fighter during the war. This photo is from 1944.
31. Allied soldiers mock Hitler from the balcony of the Reich Chancellery in 1945.
32. Nazi soldiers react as they are forced to watch footage from concentration camps.
35. The remains of soviet astronaut Vladimir Komarov after his space capsule crashed on reentry.
36. Fidel Castro smoking a cigar and wearing two Rolex watches during a meeting at the Kremlin, 1963.
37. Mass of melted nuclear fuel in the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
40. Margret Thatcher with British troops after the surrender of Argentina in the Falklands War.
(Via: Imgur)
Wow. Seriously amazing. Each of us have only seen a small portion of the world's history, so investing in learning more about the world (or even your own country) is vital. Make sure to share these historical photos with your friends on Facebook by clicking below.
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