Tag Archives: World War II

Heart Mountain Internment Camp

Hansel Mieth, Heart Mountain Internees; a salute to the American flag led by a Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corp during 35 degree below zero weather, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1942 Hansel Mieth, Honor Guard; A soldier shipped back from the … Continue reading

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Remembering Hiroshima

United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division, [Ruins of Shima Surgical Hospital, Hiroshima], October 24, 1945 (The ruins of the Hiroshima Prefectural Exhibition Hall, now the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, are visible in the background.) Yoshito Matsushige, [Dazed survivors … Continue reading

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Fated Bonds

Herbert Mason Great Dome of St. Paul’s cathedral surrounding by burning city of London during major incendiary bomb attack by Nazis, 1940–41 Robert Capa [British surgical unit working in an operating room set up in a church, Maiori, Italy], September … Continue reading

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The Aftermath of August 6, 1945

Unidentified Photographer, [Ruins of school building, Hiroshima], October 14–November 26, 1945 Unidentified Photographer, [Landscape looking northwest, Hiroshima], October 14–November 26, 1945 Unidentified Photographer, [Landscape looking north showing fire stop, Hiroshima], October 14–November 26, 1945 Unidentified Photographer, [Damaged lathes and drill … Continue reading

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Japanese Propaganda: Front (1941-45)

Front, nos. 1 & 2 (Spanish) Front, 1942, nos. 3 & 4 (English) Front, 1943, nos. 5 and 6 (English) Front, 1943, no. 7 (Japanese) Published under the auspices of the Eastern Way Company or Toho-sha, Front was created by … Continue reading

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Tule Lake Internment Camp

Carl Mydans, [Young man playing guitar in the stockade, Tule Lake Internment Camp, Newell, California], 1944 Caption published in Life, March 20, 1944 issue: What it feels like to be a prisoner is shown in expression of this young Japanese … Continue reading

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Decisive Moment

Associated Press, Atomic Bomb Sends Smoke 20,000 Feet Above Nagasaki, August 9, 1945 This photo, taken by the air force just moments after the atomic bomb Fat Boy was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, embodies the enduring image many … Continue reading

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Memory, Loss, and Jewish Identity in Germany

Mikael Levin, Nordlager Ohrdruf, 1995 Shimon Attie,  Joachimstrasse 11a: Former Jewish cafe with patrons, 1933, 1992 from “The Writing on the Wall” series, 1991-93 Can you document something or someone that no longer exists? Can a photograph of absence convey … Continue reading

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Photo made Friday Aug 10, about 2:20 P.M. on 8th Ave. and 35th St. looking north…

Weegee, Celebration in Garment Center, on Japanese offer to surrender, August 10, 1945 Weegee, Celebration in Garment Center, on Japanese offer to surrender, August 10, 1945

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Hiroshima

Unidentified Photographer, [Ruins, Hiroshima], October 14-November 26, 1945 Unidentified Photographer, [Rooftop view of destruction, Hiroshima], October 14-November 26, 1945 Unidentified Photographer, [Ruins of Commercial Display Building (A-Bomb Dome), Hiroshima], October 14-November 26, 1945 (This building currently houses the Hiroshima Peace … Continue reading

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