Sherlock Pope 
German soldier shooting a woman with a child in her arms, Ivanograd (1942) Executions of Kiev Jews by Nazi mobile killing units (Einsatzgruppen) near Ivanograd, Ukraine. The executioner in the photo appears to be standing over the body of an already executed person. You can see the gun barrels of other executioners at the left … Read more
Reshevsky, at age 8, giving a simultaneous exhibition in France, defeating several chess masters at once (1920) Samuel Reshevsky learned chess when he was only 4 years old. He became known as a child chess prodigy and was playing simultaneous games of chess against adults when he was 6 years of age. At age 8 … Read more
War photographer Robert Capa took this iconic photo of an American soldier shot and killed by a German sniper in the battle for Leipzig on April 18, 1945. The soldier became known as the ‘last man to die’ in WWII after the image appeared in Life magazine’s Victory issue. [wp_ad_camp_1] During the final days of … Read more
These photos in history prove that a better world is possible. [wp_ad_camp_1]
“Politruk” Alexey Yeremenko leads his men into combat, armed with a Tokarev TT-33. He was killed minutes after the photo was taken. Khorosheye, near Voroshilovgrad, Ukraine, July 12, 1942. [wp_ad_camp_1] The photo is one of the iconic photographs of the Soviet in World War II, comparable only to the photo of the Red Flag over … Read more
One of the most controversial photos in history is that of James Brock, the motel manager, pouring acid into the water while black people were swimming in his pool. The photograph was taken by Horace Cort in the Monson Motor Lodge swimming pool on June 18, 1964. The famous photo actually shows a group of … Read more