Category: History Daily
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The Face of Defeat: The Story Behind Hans-Georg Henke’s Heartbreaking Photos
The haunting photographs of Hans-Georg Henke, a sixteen-year-old German anti-aircraft soldier captured in Hessen, Germany, remain some of the most powerful images from World War II. Taken by American photojournalist John Florea in April 1945, these photos depict Henke in a moment of profound despair, his face contorted in grief and exhaustion. Over the years,…
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The Assassination of King Alexander and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou on the Streets of Marseilles, France on October 9, 1934. Video.
The Assassination of King Alexander and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou on the Streets of Marseilles, France on October 9, 1934. “King Alexander and Louis Barthou, Shot Down in Streets of Marseilles by Revolutionists. Furious Spectators Batter Bulgarian Killer to Death As His Victims Die. Alexander Murdered” – “Universal Newsreel brings you the First Actual…
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The Murder of Elfrieda Knaak
Image: Police Officer Eugene Spaid examines shoes and a purse belonging to Elfrieda Knaak in the furnace room of the Lake Bluff police station, where she was found naked and burned on October 30, 1928. There were also signs of electrocution and head trauma.
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“The Forgotten Holocaust”: Horrific Photos From The Rape Of Nanking, 1937-1938.
Left: A Chinese woman is tied to a pole and forcibly kissed by a Japanese soldier. Right: Elsewhere, a man is left blindfolded and tied up. Both images were taken during the Rape of Nanking. “The Forgotten Holocaust”: Horrific Photos From The Rape Of Nanking, 1937-1938. These tragic photos and stories capture the horrors of…
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On December 5, 1717, Notorious Pirate Blackbeard Ransacks the “Margaret.”
Image: Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard, originally from an engraving by Benjamin Cole in A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates (1724). On December 5, 1717, Notorious Pirate Blackbeard Ransacks the “Margaret.”
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Matthew Henson – The First Man to the North Pole, 1909.
Image: Matthew Henson, American explorer. 1910. Matthew Henson – The First Man to the North Pole, 1909. On April 6, 1909, a team of six men on dog sleds, including the first person to stand on top of the world, an African American man named Matthew Henson, travelled 413 nautical miles off the coast of…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 