The photos you’re going to see show the SS officers and guards of Auschwitz relaxing, singing and enjoying themselves. While having a good time, countless men, women and children were being murdered and cremated at the nearby death camp. These photos are significant because only a few of these images are available today showing the … Read more
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Kwakwaka’wakw man inside a board structure, curing mummy over smoke and coals of fire (1910) Photo credit: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, “The drying mummy”, 1910 Among the Kwakwaka’wakw people of the Pacific Northwest, the Hamatsa were a secret society who exercised a ritual often called a “cannibal” ritual. There has been some debate as to … Read more
Born to poor immigrant parents in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, Al Capone, (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. During the Prohibition in 1920, Capone dominated the organized crime scene in America with his multi-million dollar operation in bootlegging, prostitution and gambling. Capone … Read more
During the Edo period (1603 to 1868), criminals in Japan were tattooed by authorities in a practice known as bokkei, making it hard for them to reenter society and find work. This is a primary reason why the tattoo culture of the Yakuza evolved in protest to this branding. The meaning of Yakuza tattoos are … Read more
Old photos give us some ideas what it was really like in the past. Here’s an interesting collection of old-school adult advertisements in the 1960s: [wp_ad_camp_1]