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Finding a war orphan

May 5, 2026

On some photos of the liberation of the Netherlands I found this little black girl and I needed to know more about her, who she was, what her life was like, what happened to her. I haven’t found her but did discover quite a bit. A history detective thread on Twitter that I turned into … More Finding a war orphan

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NOT a WW2 photo of a Jewish girl

June 8, 2019

The photo in the centre has been shared all over the internet countless times with the suggestion that it is a wartime picture of a Jewish girl. Analysing historical images is what I do as a job, I’ve seen a huge amount of WW2 photos and I knew that this was not one of them. … More NOT a WW2 photo of a Jewish girl

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NOT an 1955 Berlin border crossing

September 3, 2016

This famous photo is shared all over the internet as supposedly being made during the cold war in Berlin on the border between east and west and showing West Berlin policemen and East German Volkspolizei face each other while a woman has just crossed from one side to the other. You will find this photo … More NOT an 1955 Berlin border crossing

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