A 9-year-old boy from Amsterdam during the Dutch famine better known as "winter hunger" from 1944 to 1945. Many children carried spoons with them wherever they went "just in case.”
A 9-year-old boy from Amsterdam during the Dutch famine better known as "winter hunger" from 1944 to 1945. Many children carried spoons with them wherever they went "just in case.”
Heartbreaking.
I just found this...
"The boy in the photo is Henkie Holvast. He later became a symbol of child suffering during World War II.
Henkie survived the "Hongerwinter". Two of his younger siblings didn't."
-- Edited by Syl on Monday 3rd of June 2024 07:04:13 PM
An American soldier turns a blind eye in the background as former Dachau prisoners prepare to execute an SS guard with a shovel. The guard was known to terrorize and murder men, women and children. April 29th, 1945.
An American soldier turns a blind eye in the background as former Dachau prisoners prepare to execute an SS guard with a shovel. The guard was known to terrorize and murder men, women and children. April 29th, 1945.
Not so big now is he. Good for them, he deserved it.
16-year-old Christina Bevan, photographed by her father's friend Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman at Durdle Door in Lulworth, Dorset. They are original colour and not colourised. It was taken 111 years ago!
16-year-old Christina Bevan, photographed by her father's friend Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman at Durdle Door in Lulworth, Dorset. They are original colour and not colourised. It was taken 111 years ago!
Beautiful photo. Can't believe they had colour then.
In Japan, "Johatsu" refers to people who disappear due to pressures like failed marriages, debt, and job loss. They abandon their lives and live anonymously off the grid. Specialized companies, called "night movers," assist them in vanishing completely.
In Japan, "Johatsu" refers to people who disappear due to pressures like failed marriages, debt, and job loss. They abandon their lives and live anonymously off the grid. Specialized companies, called "night movers," assist them in vanishing completely.
I would think, in this country at least, it would be hard to 'just disappear'. It happens though, probably more often than we think.
I suppose the shorter time people have been here the easier it is to avoid leaving a trail.
In 1979, a woman named Elvita Adams attempted to commit suicide by jumping off the Empire State Building. She jumped from the 86th floor, but was blown back onto the 85th by a strong gust of wind. She survived.