34 Interesting And Rare Historical Pictures That Might Teach You Something New About Our Past

My great grandmother had 14 kids, 7 sons and 7 daughters. We always considered it a miracle all 7 sons came home from the war 💜

Wow. They all look so much like their mother!

I bet she's so proud. 😊

The next time BP runs its frequent anti-American posts, just remember how many Europeans died defending American soil.

6/8 got her lovely nose

Tortoise

"In the 1900s"..... so, 25 years ago?

A Tortoise is a type of Turtle. But not all turtles are tortoises.

Had to check: per Jonathan’s Wikipedia page, he was hatched in 1832!! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_(tortoise)

That's a tortoise not a turtle

Such a sad thing that happened to this family and to many more Jewish people because of hate! I just can't hardly believe that that same hate is going on today and are once great nation!

So heartbreaking.

If you’ve already read her diary, I highly recommend the book written by Miep Gies (a woman who helped them in hiding) - called Anne Frank Remembered. She wrote about her experience working for Otto Frank and helping them hide in the attic.

This photo is just hauntingly powerful

So good they found them ❤️

It's hard to imagine there was normality of life including happiness and joy before such horrific circumstances for these beautiful sisters.

Such a family resemblance

Poor girls!

Oh the horrors to come..where was God?

her life destroyed for the interests and pockets of large government officials. We are told war keeps us safe, it does not, it causes more harm and death and fuels greed.

Poor kid. I hope she survived.

Where are the "thank you for your service" comments?

For peace! Spelled OIL...

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I'm sure she's enjoying that freedom that the west brought her. /s

My dad and his family were moved from Seattle to the Puyallup fairgrounds and had to live in the horse stalls with other Japanese American families for months; before being moved to Minidoka Camp in Idaho. My uncle (American born) was 14 years older than his little brother (my dad - also born in the US) and he enlisted into the US Army in Jerome Idaho at the age of 17, while his parents and brother were in the camp. My mom (Canadian Chinese born, naturalized) still has the tag she had to have pinned to her coat that stated she was an American Chinese citizen, so that her 5-year-old self wouldn't be mistaken for Japanese. Truly a cruel and racist time during and after WWII.

Wow, there are a lot of apologists in the comments. And a lot of 'what-about-ing' -- "Well, we weren't as bad as such-and-such country..." That doesn't excuse it! It was horrible, and we need to remember that our government did this, just as we need to remember what our government did to indigenous peoples. No amount of restitution will ever fully make up for it, but it's a start.

I’m so sorry these people were put to this horrid struggle. It’s a disgrace.

I think it was a shame what they did, and all these people talking bad about it have relatives that treated the Japanese like s*** after the war and they were American citizens! Hate breeds hate and it is still going on!

This is just such a shameful and depressing part of history. So cruel to see what humans can do to other humans.

Maybe the 40s but not the 60s.

BTW, it may not apply here, but back in the 60's (and maybe earlier) photographers would take pictures of people in downtown areas and give the subject a form from which they could order a print.

Lovely woman!