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Gudrun Himmler, A Nazi Princess
This rather depressing photograph was taken 1941 when Heinrich Himmler took his twelve-year-old daughter for a day out accompanying him on his officia more...

The Heritage Fund Helps Us In Our Amazing Mission
We would love to give some massive recognition to 'The Heritage Fund'.

Mid-way through last year, The History Project had an more...

Metal Detecting History School Experience Hornbeam School
What better way to teach history than to enable the children to find, clean and research it themselves.

This is the first of a 10 part more...

Postwar Germany
This image was taken in 1945 and shows the faces of German POWs, captured by Americans, watching a film about what was actually going on inside the co more...

The Warsaw Ghetto Boy
This famous photo was taken during the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and features a Jewish boy holding his hands high while a member of the SS aims a s more...

Dali Atomicus
This unusual, and arguably cruel photograph was taken in 1948 by Philippe Halsman, who at the time was a leading portrait photographer. The photo, kn more...

Marilyn Monroe’s Big Break
This is one of the very first photos ever taken of Marilyn Monroe for a magazine article. It was taken in 1944 by photographer David Conover for Yank more...

The Children Of Auschwitz
This photo was taken shortly after the liberation of the largest Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on 27th January, 1945. The photo was take more...

On This Day… The Baedeker Blitz
It was on this day, 31st Oct back in 1942 when the Luftwaffe delivered the ultimate Halloween fright attacking the British City of Canterbury in a dar more...

General Erhard Milch
This WWII photo was taken sometime during 1940 and features General Erhard Milch speaking to German Stuka pilots. Milch was a protégé t more...

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