Last updated on January 16th, 2025 at 05:43 pm
History is more than just innovations and triumphs. In truth, much of it involves numerous instances of brutality, warfare, and other unsettling, regrettable realities.
Take a look below at some of the most haunting moments from history.
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Joseph Goebbels glares at Jewish photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933.
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Anne Frank’s father Otto, revists the attic where he and his family hid.
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