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collective-history: US Soldiers force citizens of Weimar to view the corpses of people killed in Buchenwald; April 16, 1945  View high resolution

collective-history:

US Soldiers force citizens of Weimar to view the corpses of people killed in Buchenwald; April 16, 1945 

(Reblogged from collectivehistory)
collective-history: A Marine gives some food to a Japanese child on Saipan, 1944. View high resolution

collective-history:

A Marine gives some food to a Japanese child on Saipan, 1944.

(Reblogged from collectivehistory)
(h/t iheartmyart) Poster Collection, FHK Henrion, 1943 - Museum of Designs Zurich.

(h/t iheartmyart)

Poster Collection, FHK Henrion, 1943 - Museum of Designs Zurich.

Nikkei

Did You Know?

  • The U.S. government kidnapped over 1,800 civilians in Peru and held them in internment camps during World War II …more
  • World War II divided the Brazilian Nikkei community into Kachi-gumi who believed in Japan’s victory and Make-gumi who believed Japan could not win …more
  • Many Japanese Canadians were imprisoned during World War II and were not released until 1949—four years after the war ended …more
  • Japanese Americans served in the U.S. armed forces to fight against Germany and Japan and prove their loyalty as U.S. citizens …more
  • A large number of second and third generation Nikkei from Latin American countries have migrated to Japan since the mid-1980s …more