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My precious heart, my handsome soldier son,
I write this letter with my blood to you.
Since you’ve had to take the Kaiser’s shilling
our world has turned red of a fiery hue.
The big decisive battle…
Contributor:
Zseni Várnai
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Budapest, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1912
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This was the psychological state we were in when the war arrived. The war was not a political issue for us. We were thinking neither about the question of war guilt nor about a victorious outcome; we…
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Ernst Simon
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Heidelberg, German Empire
(Germany, Germany)
Date:
1919
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Late 8th Century BCE
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This stamp seal depicts an archer shooting at a fleeing quadruped, possibly an antelope. The action is difficult to make out. From the viewer’s perspective the archer is behind the animal while the…
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Moza, Land of Israel
(Motsa, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, Late 10th–Early 9th Century BCE
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These fragments of a mural from Kuntillet Ajrud show two human heads, facing left and looking out over their city’s wall, which is flanked by towers. The mural may have been part of a military scene…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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This surprising 1942 Hebrew-language poster from Palestine calls for women to serve in an all-female unit within Britain’s Royal Air Force. This recruitment office was not open on Saturdays!
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1938–1948
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Walter Rosenblum
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1944
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1945
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Martha Rosler
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1967–1972
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Lajos Kelemen was an upright and honest man throughout his life. He arrived in this world in June, thereby sparing his mother the ever-present concern whether or not he would catch a cold while being…
Contributor:
Erno Ballagi, Jeno Nádor
Places:
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
(Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1921