Table of contents:
- 1. Shanghai child
- 2. Crying Boy Soldier
- 3. The outbreak of the Spanish woman
- 4. Atlantic slave trade
- 5. Salvation from behind the Berlin Wall
- 6. Photos by William Sanders
- 7. Indifference to death
- 8. Mongolian girl
- 9. Brothers in Nagasaki
- 10. Mass grave
Video: 10 historical photographs that capture the darkest pages of history
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Sometimes one photo can replace a thousand words. The photographs collected in our review flew around the world at one time, but this does not make the events that are captured on them less scary. All pictures are imbued with an atmosphere of horror and should be a reminder to humanity that this should not be repeated.
1. Shanghai child
During the Sino-Japanese War in 1937, instead of working out a fortified area near the Huangpu River, Japanese bombers raided the city railway station in Shanghai, where at that time there were 1,800 civilians awaiting evacuation. The photo shows a small child who was taken out by a rescuer from the destroyed train station, put on the platform, and then returned to help other people. A photo of a helpless child in the midst of devastation immediately flew around the world and generated a stream of negativity towards Japan. The photographer had to be evacuated to Hong Kong as the Japanese announced a bounty on his head.
2. Crying Boy Soldier
In the photo, 16-year-old Hans-Georg Henke from the Hitler Youth. The picture was taken in early May 1945, when it was clear to everyone that the surrender of Germany was inevitable. The photograph has become a symbol of dashed hopes. There are tears of disappointment and despair in the eyes of this young man.
3. The outbreak of the Spanish woman
During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, more than 100 million people died worldwide. This figure was six times the number of those killed during the First World War. Photos have reached our time that convey the entire horror of the pandemic. There are pictures of mass graves, hospital wards, which are more like warehouses. There are still photos of the hospital in the open air (endless rows of white tents). The photo in our review shows masked people playing baseball. At that time, literally everyone wore masks.
4. Atlantic slave trade
Brazil was the last shit to ban the slave trade. It happened in 1853. This unique photograph captures a happy moment - the liberation of people who were taken into slavery on board a British warship.
5. Salvation from behind the Berlin Wall
The photo shows a guard guarding the perimeter, and also a little boy who is trying to get to the western part of Berlin to his parents. The photo shows how warily the soldier looks around, but he still helped the kid get across the border. Unfortunately, because of the photo of the soldier published in the press, he was suspended from duty and it is not known what happened to him next.
6. Photos by William Sanders
In the 19th century, it was customary in the West to describe Asians as savages. British photographer William Saunders, who visited China in 1850, staged a scene of beheading. Newspapers printed this photo, reinforcing the negative attitudes of Europeans and Americans towards Asia. Sanders had many such staged photographs.
7. Indifference to death
The Ukrainian Holodomor of the 1930s was a terrible tragedy. At that time, more than 4,000,000 people died of hunger throughout Ukraine. The photo was taken in Kharkov in 1933 and was published under the headline "Passers-by no longer notice those who died of hunger on the streets of Kharkov."
8. Mongolian girl
Guilty people were placed in such wooden cages and exhibited in Mongolian markets. The unfortunate were not fed, and passers-by could taunt and insult them. The photo was taken in 1913, but information about this practice appeared later.
9. Brothers in Nagasaki
The photo was taken by US Marine Joe O'Donnell shortly after the bombing of Nagasaki. The youngest child in the photo is dead, and the older brother carried him on his back to the crematorium. The older boy stayed and watched as his brother was burned, while he did not shed a tear, only bit his lip to the point of blood. The boy had just lost everything after the atomic bombing, but he brought his brother's body barefoot to guarantee him a decent burial.
10. Mass grave
Before the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945, the Nazis killed 50,000 people there. The photo shows "Mass Grave No. 3". The man standing among the countless bodies is the camp physician Fritz Klein, who was hanged for his role in the December 1945 massacres. Klein's job was to decide which of the prisoners was still fit for work.
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