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Dutch Special Forces Sergeant Being Executed by Japanese Soldier, New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, Oct
Taken on 1943-10-24
"A photograph found on the body of a dead Japanese soldier showing NX143314 Sergeant (Sgt) Leonard G. Siffleet of "M" Special Unit, wearing a blindfold and with his arms tied, about to be beheaded with a sword by Yasuno Chikao. The execution was ordered by Vice Admiral Kamada, the commander of the Japanese Naval Forces at Aitape. Sgt Siffleet was captured with Private (Pte) Pattiwahl and Pte Reharin, Ambonese members of the Netherlands East Indies Forces, whilst engaged in reconnaissance behind the Japanese lines. Yasuno Chikao died before the end of the war."
Source: Australian War Museum/Wikipedia
Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07
Ansel Adams - Manzanar War Relocation Center for Japanese Americans, World War II
Taken on 1943-10-01
Ansel Adams visited the Japanese American internment camps at Manzanar in 1943, capturing photos of the everyday lives of their inhabitants. Exact dates unknown.
Source: Library of Congress
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-22
Australian and Dutch POWs on Burma-Thai "Death Railway", Thailand, 1943
Taken on 1943-01-01
"The living and working conditions on the Burma Railway were often described as "horrific", with maltreatment, sickness, and starvation. The estimated total number of civilian labourers and POWs who died during construction varies considerably, but the Australian Government figures suggest that of the 330,000 people that worked on the line (including 250,000 Asian labourers and 61,000 Allied POWs) about 90,000 of the labourers and about 16,000 Allied prisoners died." Date unknown.
Source: Australian War Memorial/Wikipedia
Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07
Dutch Comfort Woman Jan O'Herne Shortly Before Internment by the Japanese, Java, Indonesia, 1942
Taken on 1942-06-01
"Studio portrait of Jan Ruff O'Herne, taken shortly before she, her mother and sisters, as well as thousands of other Dutch women and children were interned by the Japanese Imperial Army in Ambarawa. Over the following months, O'Herne, along with six other Dutch women, were repeatedly raped, day and night, by Japanese military personnel." Exact date unknown.
Source: Australian War Memorial/Wikipedia
Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07
American Troops Along the Bataan Death March, Luzon, Philippines, May 1942
Taken on 1942-05-01
"They were beaten, and they were starved as they marched. Those who fell were bayoneted. Some of those who fell were beheaded by Japanese officers who were practicing with their samurai swords from horseback. The Japanese culture at that time reflected the view that any warrior who surrendered had no honor; thus was not to be treated like a human being. Thus they were not committing crimes against human beings.[...] The Japanese soldiers at that time [...] felt they were dealing with subhumans and animals." U.S. Congressional Representative Dana Rohrabacher. Date unknown.
Source: Wikipedia
Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07
Doolittle Raider Blindfolded by Japanese Captors Before Extradition to Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 1942
Taken on 1942-04-30
"U.S. Army Air Force Lt. Robert L. Hite, blindfolded by his captors, is led from a Japanese transport plane after he and the other seven flyers were flown from Shanghai to Tokyo. Hite was co-pilot of crew 16 (B-25B s/n 40-2268 Bat out of Hell, 34th Bomb Squadron) of the 'Doolittle Raiders'. After about 45 days in Japan, all eight were taken back to China by ship and imprisoned in Shanghai. On 15 October 1942 three were executed, one died in captivity. The four others, including Hite, were liberated on 20 August 1945." Date unknown.
Source: USAF/Wikipedia
Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07
Heinrich Himmler Visits the Ruined Alcazar with Jose Moscardo, Toledo, Oct 1940
Taken on 1940-10-01
Heinrich Himmler visits the Alcázar with José Moscardó in October 1940.
Source: German Federal Archive/Wikipedia
Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2015-03-22
Chinese Civilians Being Buried Alive by Japanese, Nanjing, China, Late 1937/Early 1938
Taken on 1938-01-01
"Although the Nanking Massacre is generally described as having occurred over a six-week period after the fall of Nanking, the crimes committed by the Japanese army were not limited to that period. Many atrocities were reported to have been committed as the Japanese army advanced from Shanghai to Nanking. According to one Japanese journalist embedded with Imperial forces at the time, "The reason that the [10th Army] is advancing to Nanking quite rapidly is due to the tacit consent among the officers and men that they could loot and rape as they wish." Date unknown.
Source: Wikipedia
Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07
Young Chinese Victim of Nanjing Massacre, China, December 1937-January 1938
Taken on 1937-12-06
"In Nanking Massacre, a boy was killed by a Japanese soldier with the butt of a rifle, because he didn't take off his hat." Exact date unknown.
Source: neworiental.org/Wikipedia
Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-10
Republican Militiamen Take Aim at Religious Monument, Cerro de los Angeles, Aug 1936
Taken on 1936-08-07
"Execution" of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Communist militiamen. The photograph in the London Daily Mail had the caption "Spanish Reds' war on religion".
Source: Paramount News-Reel Representative/Daily Mail/Wikipedia
Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2015-02-17
Greek and Armenian Child Refugees Near Athens, 1923
Taken on 1923-01-01
Greek and Armenian children near Athens, following their expulsion as part of the Turkization of Anatolia. Date unknown.
Source: Library of Congress
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-15
Greek Victims of the Great Fire of Smyrna, Turkey, September, 1922
Taken on 1922-09-30
The Great Fire of Smyrna and simultaneous pogrom against Greeks and Armenians resulted in the deaths of as many as 100,000 civilians. Exact date unknown, September, 1922.
Source: greece.org
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-16
Victims Massacred During Great Smyrna Fire, Turkey, September, 1922
Taken on 1922-09-30
The Great Fire of Smyrna and simultaneous attacks on Greek and Armenian civilians resulted in the deaths of both young and old, women and children. Date unknown, likely sometime in September, 1922.
Source: greece.org
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-16
Greeks and Armenians of Smyrna Seek Refuge on Boats, Turkey, September, 1922
Taken on 1922-09-15
The Christian citizens of Smyrna, largely Greeks and Armenians, attempt to flee death by fire and Turkish soldiers during the Great Fire of Smyrna. Mid-September, 1922.
Source: Benaki Museum
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-16
Armenian Children Evacuated from Turkey to Syria and Greece, 1922
Taken on 1922-01-01
Charity organization Near East Relief evacuated 5,000 Armenian children from orphanages in Turkey in 1922-23. Date unknown.
Source: Story of Near East Relief
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-15
Bishop Chrysostomos of Smyrna, Turkey
Taken on 1921-01-01
Turkish nationalists killed hundreds of Christian clergy in Anatolia as part of the Turkization that occurred immediately following the First World War, including Bishop Chrysostomos of Smyrna. Date unknown.
Source: pravoslavie.ru
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-16
Saint Gregory of Kydonies, Turkey, Prior to His Death 1922
Taken on 1921-01-01
Saint Gregory was just one of hundreds of Christian clergy executed at the hands of Turkish soldiers during the ethnic cleansing that followed the First World War. Date unknown; prior to his death on October 3rd, 1922.
Source: pandektis.ekt.gr
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-16
Bishop Ambrosios of Moschonisia, Turkey, Prior to 1922
Taken on 1921-01-01
Bishop Ambrosios served in the islands off of Turkey's northeastern Aegean coast. He was just one of many clerics who died in the Turkization of Anatolia that followed the First World War. Bishop Ambrosios was buried alive after being tortured. Date unknown.
Source: pandektis.ekt.gr
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-16
Pontic Greek Politician Matthaios Kofidis, Turkey
Taken on 1921-01-01
Pontic Greek Matthaios Kofidis, once a member of the Ottoman Parliament, was executed in 1921 as part of the Turkization of Anatolia. Date unknown; prior to his death in mid-late 1921.
Source: asiaminor.ehw.gr
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-16
Refugees at the Armenian Relief Eye Hospital, Aleppo, 1920
Taken on 1920-01-01
Armenian refugees remained displaced in 1920, following the end of hostilities in the First World War. Date unknown.
Source: George R. Swain/University of Michigan Expedition
Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-15
