30 retro photographs about the life of Jews in the USSR in 1920-30s

Historical photographs that vividly tell about the life and life of ordinary Russian people in the 19th century

Old photographs are a real time machine that can take you 100 years or even more back. It is thanks to old photographs that you understand what life was like for people in the distant past. And if you carefully consider the details, then such photographs can tell no less than history textbooks

Why the hero who saved 3,600 Jews during the Holocaust ended his life in poverty and disgrace: Paul Grüninger

Everyone has to make choices throughout their lives. It is good if the outcome of some household or work matters depends on this decision. But just imagine that someone's life could be at stake? To act according to the law, but destroy thousands of human lives, or save them, but destroy your own? Paul Grüninger, the police captain, respected the law and the statute more than anything else. But his most important choice in life he made in favor of humanity and compassion for his neighbor. This man saved 3610 Jews from death, but

Life of Simple Things: Still Life Photographs of Maria Sapego

Maria calls her works blackies. Although, perhaps, the name "psychological still life" will suit them better? In the frame - the most simple things. Apples and pears, a slice of watermelon, a windy lemon slice, wildflowers, dry stems and dusty cobwebs on the country window, glass glasses, glasses, bottles … In the reflector plate, a different world is vaguely guessed … covers the picture with a mysterious fog … And everything is filled with mysterious

Anti-Semitism in the USSR: Why the Soviet Government Didn't Like Jews

The Soviet Union has always prided itself on being a multinational country. Friendship between peoples was cultivated, and nationalism was condemned. An exception was made with regard to the Jews - history has left us many examples of anti-Semitism in the USSR. This policy was never directly declared, but in reality the Jews had a hard time

Retro ethnographic photographs about the life and life of foreigners at the beginning of the 20th century (part 2)

Foreigners in the Russian Empire were a special category of subjects and differed from the rest of the population of the empire both in methods of government and in rights. In everyday life, this term was applied to all Russian subjects of non-Slavic origin, and at the legislative level, only to ethnic groups strictly defined in the law (by the way, Tatars, Mordovians, Estonians were not counted among foreigners). In this review, old photos about the life and life of foreigners in Russia