History is not all innovations and celebrations. In fact, a lot of it isn’t. There are countless instances of brutality, war, racism, genocide and other disturbing, shameful truths. And while tragedies do not exist only in the past, just take a look at the war Putin is cruelly waging in Ukraine, it is important for us to understand history to try to keep ourselves from repeating the darkest moments.
We’ve gathered a list of disturbing and painful historical photos down below, so we can all shine a light on some of the most unsettling parts of the world’s past. I will warn you, some of these photos are hard to see, but many of them capture important moments in history that we cannot allow ourselves to forget.
Although it is fascinating and informative, I understand that this list is a bit heavier than many of Bored Panda’s other publications. So after you have taken a moment to look back on these heartbreaking photos, we recommend checking out this article featuring some lighter moments from history that might bring a smile to your face and restore a bit of your faith in humanity.
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Anne Frank’s Father Otto, Revisiting The Attic Where They Hid From The Nazis. He Was The Only Surviving Family Member (1960)
Later the photographer Arnold Newman recalled taking of this photo: “The mood was depressing, and I immediately began photographing him. After a few moments, the Westertoren bells next door began to ring, and Frank turned to me and said: ‘Those were the bells that Anne wrote about.’ He suddenly broke down completely, weeping uncontrollably, and then so did I. We never met again. To this day when I lecture or tell this story to people, I find I choke up; I still can’t help myself.”
When I first read the book I was around 12 and it was part of our curriculum. At that time I didn't know that her father had survived the camp. There must be so many families who didn't see a single survival. There must be so many who survived to find out they don't know a single person. It's beyond messed up and again humans are sometimes absolute monsters to other humans.
History is the most exciting story ever told. It has infinite characters, the plots are true yet often unbelievable, and there is something for everyone: romance, intrigue, suspense, comedy, tragedy, and more. But the most exciting and cheerful moments are what many of us like to focus on, as to not feel guilt or shame for our ancestors’ actions. Sometimes, however, we need a reminder of some of the darkest moments to humble ourselves and be reminded that nothing is impossible. If these events took place once, they are likely to be repeated unless we collectively agree to stop them.
This list features some upsetting and disturbing photos, but they are parts of the past that cannot be forgotten. Of course, every country and group of people has their own unique history, so we are not all responsible for racism or genocide. But continuing to stay aware of these tragedies of the past can keep them in the past. Especially if your people were the victims in some of these horrific, photographed events, this list might not be for you. But for my fellow pandas who can handle these disturbing photos, strap in for your dark history lesson of the day.
Runaway Slave Peter, Exposing His Severely Whipped Back
Peter had received a severe whipping for undisclosed reasons in the fall of 1862. Peter escaped in March 1863 from the 3,000 acre plantation of John & Bridget Lyons, who held him and 40 other people in slavery at the time of the 1860 census.
Baton Rouge, La., 2 April, 1863: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped; he discharged the overseer. The very words of poor Peter, taken as he sat for his picture."
This is why I teach CRT in the college classroom. This is why every parent needs to find some way to be present at your kids' schools and make sure this history isn't erased.
If history makes you proud, you're not being taught real history. Unspeakable horrors have been committed in the past. But we have to speak about them, or else history will just repeat itself.
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Oh my f*cking god……what kind of monster would do this to another human being
Unfortunately, another human, and there are many of them. Even now, when there are all these white folks in the south still saying that slavery was not bad, and the slaves wanted to be there, and we should bot teach that slavery was bad in school, and the "white masters were the victims when slavery was overturned ". All of those peoplebelieve this was ok, or was "rare" even though facts state otherwise. Hans scare me more than any other animal on the planet or mythical beast.
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JESUS. CHRIST. This is so painful to see that it makes me physically ill and boils my blood to look at it. I just don’t understand how someone can treat another human being like this!! I can’t even imagine what the female slaves must have suffered. Hopefully all the POS monsters who treated people like this are eternally roasting in the flames of hell, while simultaneously suffering all the pain, humiliation & vicious cruelty that they inflicted upon their poor victims.
Because people were TAUGHT that Black people WERE NOT HUMAN. That’s how they could do it and be OK with themselves. The biggest sadness is that there are people who exist TODAY who still believe this. THAT is why it’s important to teach ALL of America’s history. Not just the fluffy unicorn s**t.
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The whip was the first human tool to break the sound barrier. The pain comes from the sheer speed it travels at, as does the crack sound. It was a horrific punshment.
This is the reason why Black people call white people "crackers", the crack was a sound that terrified them.
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Think of this the next time an apologist tries to poo poo the evils of slavery
I've seen this and several others just as bad or worse if you can believe it. Never fails to make me sick.
I just can't comprehend how america can lecture anyone on human rights while having done so many atrocities in the past, it's truly mind boggling
Half of us have always been fighting the other half, whether you look at slavery, women's rights, civil rights, LGBTQ+ rights. It's almost like there's this same story in America that keeps getting repeated over and over, but with different minority groups as the battleground. It's almost like we've been a divided nation since the very beginning.
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I have seen this kind of barbaric injury portrayed in movies about black slavery in the US... I never doubted it was based on real experience. Some of the overseers (enforcers) were definitely sadists!
Read "To be a Slave" read "Beloved" read these stories. The legends and memoirs and horror stories. Theres is a story from to be a Slave that stuck to me like a drop of plastic burned to my skin. They had a large "crop" of babies born by the enslaved women. And had built a large trough like a group cradle to put them all in while the women worked the fields. Suddenly one spring afternoon a cloudburst happened and the women were trapped n the weather in the flooded fields. Of course every one of the babies drowned in that cradle. The person recording the event had this to say. I want to say it as it's written and its ugly and the words used are unkind. "There was not one red cent to be had from all them ngr babies"
This is what some people don't want children to see - 'Critical Race Theory'. I hate calling it that because it's really just United States history. The more TRUTH that is shown and taught will make sure that this NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. People need to accept that this happened and the current hate and demoralizing of people today is built on this.
Being aware of this sort of thing is what being "woke" is all about and there's nothing wrong with that.
Omg🥺 the f**k is wrong with this world 😭I grew up with a half black brother and VERY racist neighbors and it broke my heart!! I screamed at them a couple time to leave him the f**k alone. I was only 12 and he 14
In some accounts, Peter is called Gordon. Peter together with others, including a man named Gordon, escaped the Lyons plantation. A later Harper's Weekly article misidentified him by his companion's name. Some argument also exists over who took the photograph. Some say a pair named McPherson and Oliver took the photo, while others attribute Mathew Brady, the famed Civil War photographer. Regardless, this photograph did more to motivate the Abolitionist movement than any speech.
Man's inhumanity to man astounds me on a daily basis. When will we learn we are all one people?
I've seen this picture many times and it always makes me tear up. The suffering he must have gone through.
I feel like my heart is lead and tears in my eyes. Humans are monsters.
What kind of inhumane, racist psychopath would do this to another person? What the fridge?
There are records of the families of former slave holders , I have seen them , if you want to prosecute someone for sins of our country,s History instead of blaming each other ! History reveals truth !
I can only imagine what the head of the household must’ve been thinking when he realized just what people who endorsed slavery actually believed. I hope this was a wake up call for him to realize he couldn’t justify slavery in any way and that’s why he discharged the overseer.
Oh my gosh, why were black people treated like animals, they are people too, they just look different
I have read enough, some who owned slaves, or the overseer had a yellow stripe down their back, major cowards, on the bright side some treated their slaves reasonably well, thank God !!!
One does have to define "reasonably" in this situation....
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Sounds like the overseer whipped him, not the owners. Maybe he was from the same country?
Yes, the story did mention that the slave owners clearly didn't agree with this type of punishment. That was good, but......?
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Disgusting, reminds me of what the Nazi did to Jews and others during WWII. Unspeakable
They were whipped like this too? I never learned about that. That's awful.
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This is why I hate people who have slaves,slaves are HUMANS TOO NOT PRISONERS GOD I HATE PEOPLE
Christofacists love this and actually aiming to make it happen again. Thanks to religion more unwanted babies will be future slaves for white Christians
Why on gods green earth would you think it would be good to write that? Delete the comment.
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A "Disease" invented by a white man who hypothesized that "why would slaves want to run away"?, a man who believed "that they should be punished until they fall into that submissive state which was intended for them to occupy. They have only to be kept in that state, and treated like children to prevent and cure them from running away"... somehow I doubt it
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Dorothy Counts, The First Black Student To Attend An All-White School In The United States. Shown In This Photo Teased And Mocked By Her White Male Classmates
Among the many terrible events humans have caused throughout history, the Holocaust is certainly one of the most famous. As 6 millions Jews were murdered at the hands of the Nazis, as well as countless other disabled people, gay people, Slavs, Romani people, and anyone who opposed Hitler openly, the Holocaust is an extremely dark time to look back on. However, it is very important that the history of World War II and the Holocaust are still taught, today and for generations to come.
According to the Montreal Holocaust Museum, we must be educated on this horrific event to understand the impact of history on our society. It was a shocking atrocity that helped transform international politics and justice, as people did not know the warning signs to look out for until it was too late. It seems so blatantly obvious that what the Nazis were doing was wrong, but the fact that it ever happened in the first place cannot be overlooked. We have since used this event to study democracy, dictatorships, propaganda, genocide, intervention, resistance, to try to ensure that it never happens again.
The Dog Tags Of 58,307 US Soldiers Killed During The Vietnam War At The Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago
Human Zoos Existed. These Photos Taken In 1904, Where Us Government Imported 1,300 Indigenous Filipinos From Different Tribes To Display At The St. Louis Exposition In 1904
Filipino Zoo Girl was displayed at the Coney Island Zoo in 1904. She was a zoo attraction among the monkeys and lizards to show off the new US possessions in the Philippines. She was bound by ropes. Visitors threw her peanuts.
War In Ukraine
The Montreal Holocaust Museum also notes on their website that even though this was a horrific time in history, the most important thing to focus on when discussing the Holocaust is the victims. The people who lost their lives, family members, and homes are important to talk about because it can be hard to relate to ridiculously large numbers and sterile statistics. The stories of individuals should be told, so we can relate and empathize with the experience they endured as human beings. Millions of people were subjected to unimaginable torture, pain and loss, and their stories cannot be forgotten.
Lists like this help us empathize with those who have suffered immense trauma in the past. It is one thing to hear about atrocities, but it can be far more impactful to see the faces of the people who had limbs blown off in war, were enslaved due to the color of their skin, or were the perpetrators inflicting this pain on others. When we see these dark parts of history through photographs, we cannot deny the harsh reality that these events took place.
A Ku Klux Klan Child And A Black State Trooper Meet Each Other, At A Klan Rally Protest In Gainesville, GA (1992)
Innocence is mixed with hate. The toddler approached the trooper, who was holding his riot shield on the ground. Seeing his reflection, the boy reached for the shield.
Two Armenian Counter-Militias Fighting The Armenian Genocide Perpetrated By The Turkish Ottomans. 1915
Motel Manager James Brock Pours Muriatic Acid In The Monson Motor Lodge Swimming Pool, To Get Black Swimmers Out Of The Pool. June 18, 1964
It is important for us to be educated on the bleakest moments in history, so we can prevent them from being repeated. And while Germany has made an enormous effort to reconcile with the world following the events of World War II and to ensure their citizens are educated about the dangers of dictators and fascism, not every nation has learned to bring their darkest moments to light. In the United States, for example, everyone is taught about slavery in school, to an extent. But last year, Republican lawmakers in several US states filed bills attempting to cut funding to schools and colleges teaching lessons from the New York Times’ 1619 Project, curriculum which “aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the United States' national narrative”. Slavery is allowed to be taught in schools, but some lawmakers aim for it to be taught only through a specific and curated lens that paints the nation in the most flattering light.
A Patient Undergoing Treatment For Mental Illness, Germany 1890
This 1890 photo depicts a woman forced into a crucifixion pose and facing a wall. The woman is a patient at a mental institution, undergoing treatment. Believe it or not, forced standing was considered a legitimate part of treatment for mental illness in 19th century Germany.
How would staring at a wall for hours on end, ever cure anything? It's the equivalent of doing nothing and expecting change...
Croatian Soldier In Front Of A Wall That Says "God If I Die Young Send Me To Heaven In Hell I Have Already Been"
George McLaurin, First African-American Student Admitted To The University Of Oklahoma, Forced To Sit Apart From White Students. 1948
The 1619 Project, which was created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and first published in 2019, won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. It is a comprehensive guide featuring audio, essays, poems, graphics and visual art pieces that many Americans were not taught or exposed to from their traditional history books. But as race relations continue to be an issue in the United States, as racism persists against Black citizens even today, students (and adults for that matter) can certainly benefit from a more in-depth history lesson on slavery. Yet some people still want to gloss over the more shameful details of the nation’s past as to not acknowledge its wrongdoings. “Do we want historical facts and details that are researched and published by experts taught? Or do we want nationalism taught?” asks T. Jameson Brewer, an assistant professor at the University of North Georgia. “That’s a very scary sort of suggestion, that schools would engage in ideological nationalism for political needs.”
A Few Of The Thousands Of Wedding Rings The Nazis Removed From Holocaust Victims To Salvage The Gold
The U.S. troops found rings, watches, precious stones, eyeglasses, and gold fillings, near Buchenwald concentration camp. 1945 May 5.
A Rescue Dog Is Transported Out Of The Debris Of The World Trade Center. The Twin Towers Of The Center Were Destroyed In A September 11 Terrorist Attack
Martin Luther King Jr. With His Son, Pulling Up A Burnt Cross From The Front Lawn Of His Atlanta Home, April 1960
Unfortunately, some states do push for patriotic education over the teaching of facts. In November 2020, Governor Reeves of Mississippi proposed spending $3 million on a ‘Patriotic Education Fund’ that would encourage schools and nonprofits to apply for funding to “educate the next generation on the incredible accomplishments of the American Way”. And if your impulse is to give Governor Reeves the benefit of the doubt, that maybe he just loves his country and did not mean that the way it sounds, you might be interested to know that one of the budget proposals stated, “Across the country, young children have suffered from indoctrination in far-left socialist teachings that emphasize America’s shortcomings over the exceptional achievements of this country.” Turning a blind eye to a nation's past mistakes is a surefire way to guarantee that they are repeated in the future, yet Governor Reeves does not seem concerned about that.
Blanche Monnier Was A Woman From Poitiers, France, Who Was Secretly Kept Locked In A Small Room By Her Aristocratic Mother And Brother For 26 Years
She was eventually found by police, then middle-aged and in an emaciated and filthy condition; according to officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity.
A Photo Of Zyta Sus, One Of Hundreds Of Thousands Of Children Who Were Kidnapped By The Nazi Regime
After being deemed "desirable", she received a new identity and was given up for adoption. After the war, Zyta was taken to an orphanage. She never found her real family. 1942, Poland.
A Japanese Family Returning Home (Seattle, Washington) From A Relocation Center Camp In Hunt, Idaho On May 10, 1945
I can say that now, as a Washingtonian, we've accepted MANY cultures into our state, so at least it's changed. There are many Asian and Nordic cultures and families that live here specifically.
We all know that sweeping issues under the rug does not make them disappear. Whether it’s an argument with our significant other that we’ve been avoiding out of fear of confrontation or the painful past of a nation, refusing to address a problem only exacerbates it. It may take time for history to repeat itself, but it naturally does, unless something is done to prevent it. “You cannot heal divisions by pretending they don’t exist,” says James Grossman, the executive director of the American Historical Association. “The way to address divisions is to understand the history of those divisions.” A great way to confront the most horrific parts of history is to see photos of them. It may feel like these events took place ages ago, but there is photographic evidence of them. We should not feel too far removed from any of these occurrences.
Magdalene Asylums, Also Known As Magdalene Laundries. Places Of "Reform" For Women That Didn't Fit The Idea Of A Good Upstanding Citizen
The most well known ones were in Ireland. The women and girls were treated badly by asylum staff, most of whom were nuns.
WWII Gas Masks For Babies
Throughout World War II, the threat of chemical warfare frightened citizens and soldiers across Europe. To prepare for a possible gas attack, civilians could have protected themselves with gas masks. But what about children and infants who were too small to wear a conventional mask? This eerie 1940 photograph shows nurses testing out new “gas masks” for babies.
Father Luis Manuel Padilla Holds A Wounded Government Rifleman Shot Down In The Streets Of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
During a bloody revolt against President Betancourt in June 1962.
Another reason photos like these are important for people to see is because they show the reality of a situation. Propaganda has run rampant in communities led by dictators like Hitler, but these photos tell the truth of what happened. Regardless of how many times Hitler used fear to create obedience or painted Jews as the enemy of the German people throughout propaganda, we know that he was the perpetrator of pure evil. Joseph Goebbels was also a key player in spreading Nazi propaganda and portraying Hitler as a strong, stable leader that Germany needed to become a powerful nation. He used a variety of media outlets, including newspapers, film, radio and posters to ensure his messages were spread. It is harrowing to hear that people were susceptible to such outlandish propaganda, but the evidence we can see today makes it abundantly clear that atrocities were taking place, regardless of what the leaders were saying.
Ebensee Concentration Camp Prisoners. 1945
With Her Brother On Her Back, A War-Weary Korean Girl Tiredly Trudges By A Stalled M-26 Tank At Haengju, Korea. 1951-09-06
Mugshots Of Two Men Imprisoned For Having Intercourse With Each Other. Stockholm, Sweden In 1897
It's still illegal in some countries, some countries in force the death penalty
Propaganda is still a tactic used around the world today. Vladimir Putin is one of the most blatant users of propaganda, as he claims that the war he is waging in Ukraine is a “special peacekeeping operation”. Materials being taught in Russian schools actually explicitly state that the operation is not a war. In fact, any websites mentioning the war as an invasion, attack or war will be blocked by Russia’s internet censor board. Russia is a frightening example of how propaganda and patriotism are being pushed to the citizens through propaganda, as 83% of the population reported in April 2022 that they support Putin. But those of us who have access to the facts of the situation cannot deny them. There are countless photos, videos and stories from civilians showing that this invasion was unprovoked and certainly not justified.
Unknown Man During The Depression, Circa 1932
Coal Miners In Belgium Crammed Into A Coal Mine Elevator, Coming Up After A Day Of Work, Circa 1900
The Earliest Known Picture Of The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, Taken Just Moments After The Meltdown And Explosion Of Unit 4 On April 26, 1986
This is believed to be the first photograph ever taken of the accident, and the only photo that survives from that morning. Igor Kostin was a photographer from Kiev who became world famous for his images of the the clean-up operation. Kostin claims the image is very noisy because radiation was destroying the film in his camera. Of all the shots he took on that flight, this is the only one that wasn't ruined.
This cannot be just moments after. 1) disaster happened at night 2) there are no smoke so the graphite fire had been already extinguished
We understand that this list is not as cheerful and fun as some of Bored Panda's other posts, but it is certainly an important one. Keep upvoting the photos that bring up moments in history you'd like all of your fellow pandas to be reminded of, and then let us know in the comments what dark moments in history always stick with you. And if you need something a bit lighter after finishing this heavy piece, you can check out another list featuring historical photographs right here.
"Servants, Be Obedient To Your Masters" - The Bible Written For Caribbean Slaves. It Was Edited To Remove Any References To Freedom And To Send A Very Specific Message To Slaves
Hungarian Jews Being Selected By Nazis To Be Sent To The Gas Chamber At Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Auschwitz Album 1944
Instant Of Test Nuclear Detonation Captured By Harold Edgerton's Rapatronic Camera With Shutter Speed Of One Hundred Millionth Of A Second. Circa 1950s
Automatic camera by Harold Edgerton situated 7 miles from blast with 10 foot lens. Shutter speed equaled 1/100,000,000 of a second exposure.
Holy gosh darn mother hecking shitake fudge. This is the scariest photo I've ever seen.
Omagh Bombing
The red Vauxhall Cavalier contains the bomb. This photograph was taken shortly before the explosion; the camera was found afterward in the rubble. The man and child in the photo both survived.
"A Watch Stopped At 08:15 AM Found In Hiroshima". August 1945
An Ambulance Driver From The Indian Army Clenches His Hands, Indicating The Intense Pain In His Leg Which Has Been Almost Completely Blown Off. Korean War (1951)
All Women And Girls Using Radium Paint With No Protection Or Warnings In 1922
The radium girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. After being told that the paint was harmless, the women in each facility ingested deadly amounts of radium after being instructed to "Point" their brushes on their lips in order to give them a fine tip. Some also painted their fingernails, face, and teeth with the glowing substance.
It was not known then that radium was dangerous. Radium was popular until the early 1930s. It was commonly added not only to paint, but also to medicines, cosmetics, baby wool, condoms, toothpaste, sweets, etc.
An Inmate At The Rab Concentration Camp
Nurses In Their Bomb Trenches Between Hospital Wards. France 1918
Nazi Rally Attended By The 20,000 Americans. Madison Square Garden, 1939
Red Rebels Are Being Executed In Varkaus During The Insurrection In Finland In 1918
Every time I see a photo like this I wonder what goes through your mind, when you're facing certain death. I wonder, how you can stay still like that and not crumble down, fight, run or do something to save yourself. Horrible.
The Irrepressible Australians At Anzac. An Australian Bringing A Wounded Comrade To The Hospital. Dardanelles Campaign, Circa 1915
As an Australian I would just like to say that the Anzacs were Australians and New Zealanders, our mates over the ditch deserve respect for their help during wars.
Nagasaki, Japan, Under Atomic Bomb Attack
Captured Chinese Soldiers Beg For Their Lives Thinking That They Are Going To Be Executed, Korea 1951
Rear View Of Woman Standing At Berlin Wall, In The West Sector, With Hands Raised. After Waiting Three Hours To See Her East Berlin Friends And Relatives
A Scene At A London Railway Station Showing Troops Arriving While Kiddies Who Are Being Evacuated From London Leave
My grandfather was evacuated to Canada with his 3 brothers for four years from when he was 13-17 years old. 2 brothers to a household in separate towns. My grandfather loved Canada for the rest of his life and now my brother lives there. Thanks Canada 🇨🇦
"Colored" Drinking Fountain From The Mid-20th Century With African-American Drinking
Person misread the the sign and is now banned from BP. Downvotes are a way to police people being inappropriate, not confused or ignorant to the subject matter. Think Facebook has a problem with being an echo chamber & confirmation bias??? On BoredPanda, the users get to perma-ban you from the site if you have a dissenting opinion or misunderstand. 10 downvotes = week suspension. 20 = user banned.
Flash Burns On Steps Of Sumitomo Bank Company, Hiroshima Branch
Never again. We have considerably more powerful nukes now that can do even more horror and frankly any nation with them should have to see all the images of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Never again should a nuclear weapon be used.
The Gadget, The First Atomic Bomb, 1945
The Ku Klux Klan On Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue, 1928
Look at all those dunce hats Edit: First off, how did this get more likes than the actual post?! Second of all, f**k off @ben you racist bigoted shitbag, how about you go drive off a cliff in your red, un-muffled, crappy a*s pickup. Oh and don't forget to finger trump's a*s before you do.
Adolf Hitler And His Entourage Walk Near The Eiffel Tower In Paris On June 23, 1940, Following The Occupation Of France By The Nazis
Ku Klux Klan Parade 9/13/26
Sorry I am a non-American don't know much about US history.. Were these parades allowed by the Government at that time or was this just a show of force towards the Government?
Children Of An Eastern Suburb Of London, Who Have Been Made Homeless By German Bombings, Sit Outside The Wreckage Of What Was Their Home, September 1940
My grandma had no childhood photos because they lost them in the bombings, it's like her life didn't exist before the age of 18
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The worst part is that we're slowly drifting back to those days of hate and divide. The same type of people who were able to get us to accept racial discrimination and mass murder are trying to force us to hate and discriminate against other human beings ... and it'll get so much worse if we don't watch out.
Exactly, divide and conquer, powers that unfortunately be are doing it so well at the moment, it's appalling. I hate to imagine what would be on this post in the next 30 years.
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Hence the word “Disturbing” featured in the article title
Load More Replies... I hope people understand that in many parts of the USA today political leaders are attempting to ban these type collections from public view. In state-after-state they are moving to remove books and other media from libraries when such media presents America in a negative fashion. Topics such as homosexuality, slavery, the civil rights campaigns of the past and present; acts of violence and discrimination against Asians, people of color, immigrants, members of non-Christian religions and other events that cast "members of the majority classes" as less than stellar. Schools are banning discussion of topics that might make white children feel "bad." One of the greatest threats to democracy is white-washing the past.
Couldn't agree more. And the bs about white kids feeling "bad" 🙄 is infuriating, it's not putting any responsibility on any1 other than every1 responsibility to recognise the horrors of the past and the major effect it still has on the present. By shielding children it's creating this narrative that racism is just an issue that exists in the minds of the left, when it takes just an ounce of critical thinking or if that's too much just a quick Google, to see the systemic racism perpetuated in every facet of society .
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It makes no sense to look for a new viable planet for us. We would reintroduce the same structures, murder, plunder, exterminate. We are the aliens going from planet to planet to destroy.
Although they are rare, there are some amazing humans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I like to think that someday the best of us can be identified -- not just the ability to reason and problem solve, but having the ability to change beliefs when given new evidence and keeping ego in check. Otherwise, what you say it true.
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When I see photos of American atrocities, I think of something Joe Biden says often. “This is not who we are as Americans.” I think Joe Biden is a good person at heart, and, though I have many criticisms, I think he’s doing a fair job as President. But when I think of Native American genocide, black African slavery, the Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese internment camps, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jim Crow, union busting, police brutality and systemic racism of the justice system, the incessant fights that LGBTQ+ community, women, the disabled and people of color have endured only to still be fighting, and the oligopolistic, plutocratic and sometimes kakistocratic government we have, I think, “No, Joe. It *is* who we are.” We need to admit that, as a nation, we have been downright evil many, many times so that we can find ways to stop doing it again. And again. And again.
And please don't forget the perpetual evil done in the name of freedom just to get more oil and resources in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan and even Palestine with tax payers money. But I do think Americans are trying to do better. At least a good percentage. You just need to keep fighting for what is right.
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Horrific! But needs to be seen -- not hidden -- so that we can learn & not repeat!
All I see in these pictures is not just one race is targeted, but many, it is the corporation/ owners/ leaders that are in charge of these companies that enslave all people, to control and power to enslave the lower class... This is truly evil.
This is the type of hate the far-right are trying to bring back in the United States and why Donald Trump should NEVER be president again and prosecuted and put in prison!
You never hear of this: While the matter remains one of debate, many contend that history's first concentration camps were built in South Africa, 41 years before the Holocaust began. These camps were built by British soldiers amid the Boer War, during which the British rounded up Dutch Boers and native South Africans and locked them into cramped camps where they died off by the thousands. This is where the word "concentration camp" was first used – in British camps that systematically imprisoned more than 115,000 people and saw at least 25,000 of them killed off. In fact, more men, women, and children died of starvation and disease in these camps than did men actually fighting in the Second Boer War of 1899 to 1902, a territorial struggle in South Africa. https://allthatsinteresting.com/boer-war#3 image-2-63...20-png.jpg 
That could well be, but for a few exceptions, women will always be looked upon, get paid, treated as less valuable and so on, by a society ruled by men that think doing that is not such a big deal. Hell, even women do that...
The voting option for posts on a thread like this should be disabled. "Top 50 photos of suffering and horrors, as voted by you!" Seems like something you'd see in a movie about a dystopian future. It feels gross to rank tragedies.
In this case, sympathy emojis would be more appropriate
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The 1619 Project teaches ideology as fact and has no place in schools.
I am happy and sad at the same time, my country did nothing wrong, but experienced the worst. My grandma nearly died when naciz bombarded her basement, but bomb malfunctioned, if it did not, I am not here. We should help Ukraine
I look at these pictures and I'm horrified. It also makes me wonder if I would have been strong enough to stand up for my beliefs or caved in to the beliefs of the time.
Reading/seeing some of the sh** we Americans have done makes things like 9/11 seem justified. No wonder we have a good military, we wouldn't exist without it. I'm starting to think that a good number of our allies were probably bullied into it.
What about the photos of Palestinians being killed and prisoned every single day for so many years, did not find those!!
Not all Americans are bigots.. I mean, I was raised by a white power douchebag of a father who was in with the "Peckerwood" gang and he indeed raised me with the worst example of what it meant to be white .. As a young child, i knew what i was beimg taught was wrong and i ended up standing up to my father only to receive a terrible beating . Eventually the a*****e died due to a heroin overdose (oh yeah, most of these white power pieces of trash are highly addicted to street drugs). Now as a 31 year old woman, I am married to a Philippina woman with a wonderful daughter. Nobody is born with such hate, it is taught and those smart enough won't fall into the b******t
why be racist,sexist,homophobic,or transphobic when you could be quiet and mind your own business. thats all.
Looks like nothing has changed wait, at least there are flying cars now.
The worst part is that we're slowly drifting back to those days of hate and divide. The same type of people who were able to get us to accept racial discrimination and mass murder are trying to force us to hate and discriminate against other human beings ... and it'll get so much worse if we don't watch out.
Exactly, divide and conquer, powers that unfortunately be are doing it so well at the moment, it's appalling. I hate to imagine what would be on this post in the next 30 years.
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Load More Replies... I hope people understand that in many parts of the USA today political leaders are attempting to ban these type collections from public view. In state-after-state they are moving to remove books and other media from libraries when such media presents America in a negative fashion. Topics such as homosexuality, slavery, the civil rights campaigns of the past and present; acts of violence and discrimination against Asians, people of color, immigrants, members of non-Christian religions and other events that cast "members of the majority classes" as less than stellar. Schools are banning discussion of topics that might make white children feel "bad." One of the greatest threats to democracy is white-washing the past.
Couldn't agree more. And the bs about white kids feeling "bad" 🙄 is infuriating, it's not putting any responsibility on any1 other than every1 responsibility to recognise the horrors of the past and the major effect it still has on the present. By shielding children it's creating this narrative that racism is just an issue that exists in the minds of the left, when it takes just an ounce of critical thinking or if that's too much just a quick Google, to see the systemic racism perpetuated in every facet of society .
Load More Replies... It makes no sense to look for a new viable planet for us. We would reintroduce the same structures, murder, plunder, exterminate. We are the aliens going from planet to planet to destroy.
Although they are rare, there are some amazing humans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I like to think that someday the best of us can be identified -- not just the ability to reason and problem solve, but having the ability to change beliefs when given new evidence and keeping ego in check. Otherwise, what you say it true.
Load More Replies... “We’re only killing each other because the narcissists at the top are having us do so.” -Rob O’Neill
When I see photos of American atrocities, I think of something Joe Biden says often. “This is not who we are as Americans.” I think Joe Biden is a good person at heart, and, though I have many criticisms, I think he’s doing a fair job as President. But when I think of Native American genocide, black African slavery, the Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese internment camps, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jim Crow, union busting, police brutality and systemic racism of the justice system, the incessant fights that LGBTQ+ community, women, the disabled and people of color have endured only to still be fighting, and the oligopolistic, plutocratic and sometimes kakistocratic government we have, I think, “No, Joe. It *is* who we are.” We need to admit that, as a nation, we have been downright evil many, many times so that we can find ways to stop doing it again. And again. And again.
And please don't forget the perpetual evil done in the name of freedom just to get more oil and resources in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan and even Palestine with tax payers money. But I do think Americans are trying to do better. At least a good percentage. You just need to keep fighting for what is right.
Load More Replies... Horrific! But needs to be seen -- not hidden -- so that we can learn & not repeat!
All I see in these pictures is not just one race is targeted, but many, it is the corporation/ owners/ leaders that are in charge of these companies that enslave all people, to control and power to enslave the lower class... This is truly evil.
This is the type of hate the far-right are trying to bring back in the United States and why Donald Trump should NEVER be president again and prosecuted and put in prison!
You never hear of this: While the matter remains one of debate, many contend that history's first concentration camps were built in South Africa, 41 years before the Holocaust began. These camps were built by British soldiers amid the Boer War, during which the British rounded up Dutch Boers and native South Africans and locked them into cramped camps where they died off by the thousands. This is where the word "concentration camp" was first used – in British camps that systematically imprisoned more than 115,000 people and saw at least 25,000 of them killed off. In fact, more men, women, and children died of starvation and disease in these camps than did men actually fighting in the Second Boer War of 1899 to 1902, a territorial struggle in South Africa. https://allthatsinteresting.com/boer-war#3 image-2-63...20-png.jpg
That could well be, but for a few exceptions, women will always be looked upon, get paid, treated as less valuable and so on, by a society ruled by men that think doing that is not such a big deal. Hell, even women do that...
The voting option for posts on a thread like this should be disabled. "Top 50 photos of suffering and horrors, as voted by you!" Seems like something you'd see in a movie about a dystopian future. It feels gross to rank tragedies.
In this case, sympathy emojis would be more appropriate
Load More Replies... I think that's my daily quota of depressing news done (and in fact, exceeded by a lot)
The 1619 Project teaches ideology as fact and has no place in schools.
I am happy and sad at the same time, my country did nothing wrong, but experienced the worst. My grandma nearly died when naciz bombarded her basement, but bomb malfunctioned, if it did not, I am not here. We should help Ukraine
I look at these pictures and I'm horrified. It also makes me wonder if I would have been strong enough to stand up for my beliefs or caved in to the beliefs of the time.
Reading/seeing some of the sh** we Americans have done makes things like 9/11 seem justified. No wonder we have a good military, we wouldn't exist without it. I'm starting to think that a good number of our allies were probably bullied into it.
What about the photos of Palestinians being killed and prisoned every single day for so many years, did not find those!!
Not all Americans are bigots.. I mean, I was raised by a white power douchebag of a father who was in with the "Peckerwood" gang and he indeed raised me with the worst example of what it meant to be white .. As a young child, i knew what i was beimg taught was wrong and i ended up standing up to my father only to receive a terrible beating . Eventually the a*****e died due to a heroin overdose (oh yeah, most of these white power pieces of trash are highly addicted to street drugs). Now as a 31 year old woman, I am married to a Philippina woman with a wonderful daughter. Nobody is born with such hate, it is taught and those smart enough won't fall into the b******t
why be racist,sexist,homophobic,or transphobic when you could be quiet and mind your own business. thats all.
Looks like nothing has changed wait, at least there are flying cars now.
