Australian celebrate with a street party after the declaration of VE Day in Camberwell, 8 May 1945
(Source: friendsreunited.co.uk)
May 08, 2013, 5:00pm / 17
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VE Day celebrations in New York City, 8 May 1945
May 08, 2013, 2:00pm / 39
The newly liberated French citizens mock and spit on a German POW as he’s escorted by members of the French resistance, 1944
April 30, 2013, 12:00pm / 88
Civilians waiting to greet the Allies as they roll into Tunis, May 1943
(Source: loc.gov)
April 26, 2013, 12:00pm / 26
Two Japanese boys, one with “Remember Pearl Harbor” embroidered on his hat, wave good-bye while awaiting the bus that will take them to their internment camp for the duration of the war, San Francisco 1942
Interestingly enough, the Library of Congress does not have the collection labeled as “Japanese Internment” but rather as “Evacuations and Evacuees”. Internment, it seems, is too ugly a word.
(Source: loc.gov)
April 25, 2013, 1:00pm / 76
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