Rare historical photos and footage from the 1800s reveal a dark past so heartbreaking and astonishing it is hard to look away

hello and welcome back to absurd land this video showcasing astonishing and heartbreaking historical photos and footage from the 1, 1800s and 1900s hi there my name is Adam and today I’m excited to present to you some astonishing and heartbreaking historical photos and footage with stories footage from 1899 showing two women feeding the locals during the French occupation of

Vietnam the two women in the video are shown feeding the children as if they were pigeons a poignant depiction of the desperate conditions faced by the local population during the French occupation of Vietnam the footage is a viable historical document that showcases the negative effects of colonialism and the resilience of the Vietnamese people during the French occupation now let’s explore the real erased Dark Side of History through astonishing and

heartbreaking archive photos with stories 9-year-old Unice Winstead Johns and her husband 22-year-old Charlie Johns sneez Ville Tennessee United States 1937 different legal and cultural norms at that time made it possible for marriages with significant age gaps to occur buer chimy a young polish man who survived a concentration camp is ready for his execution after being convicted

of murdering a German family the family had found him wandering on a snowy night fed him and gave him a bed Jimmy killed them as they slept lansburg prison 1947 a black US soldier reads a message left by the Viet Kong during the Vietnam war the message reads us negro armymen you are committing the same Anonymous crimes in South Vietnam that the KKK click is perpetrating against your family at home 1970 contestants in the Miss lovely eyes

beauty pageant in Florida wearing masks to obscure the rest of their faces so that their lovely eyes can be educated 1930s the thing aka the Great Seal bug on 4th August 1945 a group of Soviet school children presented to W AEL Harman the US ambassador to the USSR with a carved us sill as a gesture of friendship it hung in his office for

7 years before discovering a contained listening device mugshot of birtha baronda the woman who was arrested for cutting off her husband’s penis with a razor in 1907 Chinese American war worker in Los Angeles wore a handwritten sign in his back to avoid being mistaken for Japanese in 1942 old women with tattoos

characteristic for Croatian Catholic in Bosnia the tradition is called Sanji and it was originally used to protect against the Ottomans Central Bosnia 1930s through 1940s nightclub owner Jack L Hickman marching around Time Square with a sign reading the only good communist is a dead communist New York City United States in April 26th 1965 two Frenchmen strin a woman while another cuts her hair after she’s been

accused of collaborating with the Germans during the occupation 1945 a Red Army soldier firing from a bathtub during the Battle of Stalingrad 1942 barricades on R st Mah Paris 25th June 1848 the image captures the barricades constructed by revolutionary Parisian citizens in the streets During the period of political unrest this 1870 image is considered the

first actual photograph taken of a battle taken during the Franco Prussian War it shows the line of Prussian troops advancing the photographer stood with the French Defenders when he captured this image relatives of the people that died during the Tini Massacre pre at the Tini caveside the ardini massacre was a mass killing of 335 civilians and political prisoners carried out the Rome on 24th March

1944 by Nazi German occupation forces Rome Italy 1944 Ruth Lee host us at a Chinese restaurant flies a Chinese flag so she isn’t mistaken for Japanese on her days off in Miami in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor December 15th 1941 the so-called good Nazi Albert Spear with Adolf Hitler at beroff successfully deceiving the court about his involvement and knowledge of

atrocities committed by the Reich he would only serve 20 years in prison Arthur of the best selling inside the Third Reich he died wealthy Zen mon in asakusa temple in Tokyo perform air Rage rols with gas mask in 1936 a French woman po cider for a British BR gonner luo France 22 August 194 4 soldiers who were interrupted during

rehearsals for a drag show by an air raid Manning anti-aircraft guns at the Royal artillery Coast defense battery at sh mean Ford Kent England 1940 Australian soldiers from the 61st Battalion Queenland Kevon Highlanders Advance along the masetta river in bangville island in March 1945 during the campaign against the Japanese HMS Cleopatra throws out smoke to show the Convoy as HMS urales

elevates her forward 5.25 in guns to Shell the Italian Fleet Second Battle of CER 22 March 1942 a German child meets his father a World War II Soldier for the first time 1956 an old Italian woman shows her gratitude to one of the American soldiers following the liberation of Italy 1945 Captain Nez Fernandez of Filipino

resistance leader and school teacher in the Philippines showing to a US Soldier how she used her bolo to silently eliminate Imperial Japanese soldiers during the nearly 3 years of occupation of the Philippines October 1944 through March 1945 two girls more engrossed with the air vent gr than the modern art on the walls of the S Francisco Museum of Art 1963

one of America’s youngest News Boys 4 years old and regular seller Tampa Florida a blind Muslim man named Muhammad carrying his best friend and paralyzed Christian who suffers from dwarfism named Samir Damascus ottoman Syria 1889 two German soldiers in 1916 Anita Bryant save our children

leader gets pied by a gay rights activist Des wz Iowa 14th October 1977 the booking photos of German communist and Street Fighter Albert holla taken after his arrest for killing Nazi party member horse vessel the killing of horse vessel is notable since the Nazis turned him into a martyr for the cause wear Republic 1930 ch windjack a young indigenous boy

who died at the age of 12 while trying to escape from a Canadian residential school and go home Circa 1960s melted and damaged mannequins after a fire at Madame trad’s wax museum in London 1925 Egyptian men watched as the graph Zeppelin floats over the Great Pyramids of Giza Egypt while at top the Great Pyramid of kufu

1931 Union boss Jimmy hafa flipping off attorney Robert Kennedy during a senate committee Hearing in 1957 a Chinese man stands alone bottom left to block tanks heading East on beijing’s changan buard in tanan square on June 5th 1989 he is calling for an end to the violence and bloodshed against pro-democracy

demonstrators was pulled away by bystanders and the teams continued on their way in this small town zra after the fights I did not find anyone alive except for this wounded cat Eastern Front 1943 the Antarctic snow Cruiser on the drive towards the ship that would take it South to the pole the vehicle provided living space and Laboratories

to five scientists unfortunately it was found to have no traction on snow unless driven in reverse and was eventually abandoned 1939 Joe Biden taking oath as the youngest senator in 1972 from Delaware at the age of 30 January 1973 on March 18th in 1965 Russian cosmonaut Alexi leonov Steps From the spacecraft vosco 2 to become the first man to walk in outer space he was

outside the spacecraft for 12 minutes and 9 seconds outer space 1965 ostroh Hungarian T Gunner armed with 10 Moser c96 handguns World War I an escape slave named Peter showing his guard back at a medical examination in Baton Rouge Louisiana 1863 Adelaide springut in all of her best clothes it said that she was so ashamed at the state of her boots she took them off for photographs London

1901 1971 a little boy running away from injection terrified of being vaccinated against chera at a rep refugee camp outside Kolkata India left this revolutionary woman cleaning her gun tyan Iran 1979 Shepherds listening to music records aeran 19

1939 Benjamin fence was the last surviving prosecutor from the subsequent Newberg trials in 1947 he became the chief prosecutor in what was called the biggest murder trial in history he spent his entire life fighting for justice for the victims of war crimes he died this week boiler explosion of CN o T1 number 3020 on May 1948 a group of elderly men sitting on a

mat taken in pesar now Pakistan Circa 1865 two of the men are looking at each other with contempt suggesting that they may actually be enemies who have been persuaded to be photographed together as an example of native thugs a photo of Abdu Wali an Afghan farmer in 2003 he was falsely accused of being a terrorist hoping to clear his name he turned himself into the Americans a CIA contractor would brutally torture wall to death over the

course of 3 days beating him until he begged for death let’s end on a heartwarming note with this photo that brightens the somberness of the previous photos Father and Son goofing off 1910s a reminder of love and kindness in the world thank you for watching see you in the next video

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hello and welcome back to absurd land history get ready for another mind-bending Journey Through the most heart-wrenching and peculiar events of the past prepare to be captivated as we pull back the layers of history and unveiling historical nightmares experience the shocking stories behind haunting photos and footage that will leave you speechless

foot binding 111 years after footbinding was banned a few women still live with the severe deformity it caused foot binding was a Chinese tradition where the feet of young girls were intentionally broken and tightly bound to alter their shape and size a practice that lasted for over a thousand years in China considered small and curved feet as a symbol of female Beauty and social status however it imposed significant societ pressure on

girls and women causing them intense physical suffering the practice of foot binding was prevalent between the 10th and 20th centuries now let’s see the shocking heart-wrenching stories behind horrifying photos children playing with a toy guillotine France 1959 captures a thought-provoking contrast between innocence and the dark

historical connotations associated with the guillotine Mok of War 1966 photo of a Soviet War veteran near the eternal flame on the anniversary of Victory Day it serves as a poignant reminder of the human toll of War and the importance of honoring those who served children eating the half a liter of supplementary food per day received from the interdenominational office for the

emergency food supply and children’s broadcast during the hunger winter the heag Netherlands 1944-45 Kenneth Warick left 14 and Frank gr 17 who saw their way out of the Fort Dodge City gel and escaped are photographed after their return to custody in Carol Iowa their girlfriend smuggled hacksaws and angel food cake and watermelon they escaped on August 8th

1945 an anti-nazi protest in Chicago in 1978 a small group of neo-nazis had planned a rally in skoki Illinois with the Free Speech support of the American civil liberties Union but that March never happened massive col of thousands of German prisoners of war marching down the Autobon as dozens of tanks and armored vehicles of the United States Army and Western allies passed by on the

way to final objectives last days of the war in Europe late April 1945 a pile of bison bones along the railroad tracks in Saskatoon Saskatchewan and 1890 they were on their way to England to be ground and used for fine bone in China onlookers in marsill watching French battle flags being taken for transport to Africa after the German conquest of France

1940 Jeremy Corbin at an anti-a partide protest in London 1984 a regiment of Vietnam soldiers celebrating after captury and destroying a French stronghold behind them is the burning wreckage of the stronghold the first Indochina War 1949 Red Army soldier with a kitten during World War I the presence of the kitten humanizes the soldier and serves as a reminder of the innate need need

for connection and empathy even in the midst of a conflict Boon duer model BDM girls and Hitler Youth for boys together in 1933 the BDM was the official girls youth organization in Nazi Germany while the Hitler Youth served as the similar Organization for boys British soldiers after the release from Japanese captivity in Singapore 1945 Japanese Occupation of Singapore which

lasted from 1942 to 1945 the image symbolizes the resilience and courage of those who endured captivity and the relief experienced upon their Liberation American soldiers on okanawa listening to the news of the German capitulation on radio May 8th 1945 Fred Rogers performing a bedside solo show for a 7-year-old Beth Usher during her coma after undergoing surgery for R musin and sephtis at the John Hopkins Children’s Hospital in Baltimore

Maryland February 1987 president Theodore Roosevelt right standing on turent addresses the crew of the USS Connecticut on February 22nd 1909 during the final week of his presidency departure of the Red Cross train going to Switzerland Budapest Hungary 1947 two Moonshiners arrested by federal agents near St Paul Minnesota 1921

an emaciated boy during a Dutch famine hunger winter the Netherlands World War II Circa 1944 the first wave of marine landing craft head towards the beaches of iima 859 19 February 1945 ysf goil with Catholic clergy giving Nazi salute Germany 1930s gay rights activist David Kirby

shortly before losing his battle with AIDS in 1990 his family had cut off contact with him after he came out as gay years before after revealing to them that he had contracted HIV they welcomed him back knowing that he would likely die from it 1990 Buffalo cfro Woman is a Native American warrior Who is credited with helping kill US army colonel George kuster during the American Indian Wars in

1876 kuster was responsible for massacring native American civilians and allowing his men to rape indigenous women a boy on cramp his shoulders during a parade mundorf Austria 6th of December 1949 a woman lying on the pavement in the wara ghetto starving to death 1941 launch observers react to the shuttle Challenger tragedy 1986 and Frank in front of oecta her

father’s company in single Amsterdam in 19 35 blunt crashes due to nuclear test in Nevada 1957 the early years of Nintendo 1895 the company was still printing handcrafted playing cards only two Moonshiners arrested by federal agents near St Paul Minnesota

1921 Prince children playing Frontline Soldiers with full equipment and their own trench 1917 Eskimo man wearing gut parka holding string of fish a gut parka is a traditional inuent garment made from the intestines of marine mammals such as SEALS or Wells gome Alaska between 1898 and 1900

Tucker snowcat hovering over a crass during the transantarctic Expedition 1954 the headquarters of melini’s Italian fascist party 1934 the image represents the consolidation of the fascist control and the architectural embodiment of their ideology in the 1930s Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr the oldest man to land on the beaches of Normandy armed with a cane and Pistol

directing troops in the first wave on Utah Beach June 1944 photo taken shortly before the Omar car bombing in 1998 by the real Ira the bomb is in the red car and would kill 29 people including including the photographer the father and daughter however survived the child’s face appears to be censored Hungarian border guards dismantling the Border fence with

Austria this will allow a number of East Germans to defect and flee to Austria Hungary 1989 finally let’s wrap up the video with a happier historical moment following the previous Horrors two girls gallab full speed on sheep in Cornwall England 1969 thank you for watching see you in the next video

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