A Short History of the World [ 1938 - 1960 ]

Опубликовано: 05 Ноябрь 2024
на канале: HISTORY BOX

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Vienna’s Jews being forced to wash pro-independence slogans from the city’s pavements following Germany's Anschluss of Austria, March 1938. According to the estimates of the Austrian government, about 70% of Austrians would have preferred to preserve Austrian independence.

Franz Reinisch, an Austrian Catholic priest who refused to take the oath of allegiance to Hitler, for which he was executed in 1942.

German soldiers working for Hermann Göring stand in front of Palazzo Venezia in Rome in 1944 with a painting they looted from the Naples National Archaeological Museum.

Children of the Young Pioneers of China, a communist youth organization for children aged 6-14, marching in Beijing, 1949. Membership is mandatory.

A Coca-Cola delivery truck on Castle Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, with Edinburgh Castle in the background, 1953.

A man sits outside the ruins of his former place of residence following the 1960 earthquake in Valdivia, Chile. This was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded and lasted about 10 minutes (the average earthquake lasts 10-30 seconds).