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Deportation of Jews from Hanau, Germany, by German soldiers
A murderous pogrom occurred in Hanau on Kristallnacht (9-10 Nov 1938) when the synagogue was burned down and the community shrank from 477 in 1933 to 82 in June 1939. 75 Jews left on the transport in 1942. Only half-Jews and those married to Aryans remained; most were deported to Theresienstadt in February 1945 and survived.
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Family members say goodbye to a child through a fence at the Lodz ghetto’s central prison where children, the sick, and the elderly were held before deportation to Chelmno during the “Gehsperre” action. Lodz, Poland, September 1942.
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(Source: nysun.com, via bassington)
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The Château de Versailles Seen from the Gardens by Louis-Nicolas de Lespinasse. 1779.
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Elephantine island and the Nile, Aswan
جزيرة الفنتين والنيل، أسوان
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I’ve been there last year and it was phenomenal :)
One of the soldier-emperors during the mid-200s was named Pupienus. Which is pronounced “poopy-anus.” Seriously. He was possibly the son of a blacksmith, who rose through the ranks of the military until he became an aristocrat. Basically, an ancient form of New Money. Then, when the senators were looking for a replacement for a general emperor who was popular with soldiers, they picked Pupienus as the best of both worlds. He was quickly deposed, too, though.
