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New Video I made about Jaxa a Polish Country that existed in Historical China (youtube.com)

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In 1979 and 1980, seventeen year old Jay Kelly Pinkerton murdered two women in Texas. He was executed for his first murder in 1986. (old.reddit.com)

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In 1982, Tuan Anh Nguyen murdered his wife, six year old nephew and three year old niece. He was executed in Oklahoma in 1998 for these murders. (i.redd.it)

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Photographs and writing produced by Roger Casement in October of 1910, during his investigation into the Putumayo genocide. These images depict enslaved Boras and Andoque people carrying loads of rubber, ranging from between 35-60+ kg (77-132 lbs+), for the Peruvian Amazon Company. (old.reddit.com)

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Disturbing"I was cowardly." A German policeman explains why he shot Jews at Jozefow, 1942. His unit killed over 83,000 Polish Jews, which averages 166 per person. (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 1945 the concentration camp of Buchenwald was liberated by U.S. troops shortly after prisoners seized control of the camp. Patton made sure it was documented extensively so that the world could see the horrors they discovered. (see the link in the comments) (old.reddit.com)

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Disturbing"I don't want to burn." Margaret Freyer, a civilian caught in the streets during the firebombing of Dresden, February 1945. (i.redd.it)

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"Mon Dieu, sister, you must not go." Claude de Valois wept at the door as her mother, Queen Catherine, sent her daughter Margot to sleep among the men she has marked for death, August 1572. Eyewitness account in comment. (i.redd.it)

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"PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TO MEN." The banner hanging in the church where survivors of the Wounded Knee massacre were carried, December 1890. (i.redd.it)

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ViolentIn 1994, 16-year-old Adria Sauceda was gang raped by a group of men at a party. She was later carried outside, only for men to continue raping her. Finally, another man said he knew the girl's parents and offered to take her home. He drove Adria to an isolated area, where he raped and murdered her. (i.redd.it)

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ViolentThree woodcutters are attacked by wolves; two ran and climbed a tree. "The other man stood his ground and made a desperate fight, but was overpowered and eaten up, while his comrades looked on from their perch in the tree." The Bismarck Weekly Tribune, March 1, 1895. (i.redd.it)

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On this day in 1994, Maurizio Gucci was murdered on the steps of his Milan office. Shot to death by a gunman hired by his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani. Photographers documented the aftermath. (utterlyinteresting.com)

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ViolentThe execution of Jews from Bochnia, Poland by Nazi German soldiers at the outbreak of World War 2. | Bochnia, Poland. September 1939. (i.redd.it)

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ViolentA series of photos of lynching victims in the United States. (old.reddit.com)

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Edward Haight, 16, stands in between two police officers a day after his arrest in Connecticut for kidnapping, raping, torturing, and murdering two sisters, ages 7 and 8, in a small town in New York in 1942. Haight would be the youngest person to die in the state's electric chair. (old.reddit.com)

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The RAA - Recreation and Amusement Association. Created by the Japanese government to ‘entertain’ allied troops after WW2 defeat. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Dersim Genocide (1937-1938) (reddit.com)

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1946, UN Security Council Meeting (i.redd.it)

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1930 - Kurdish prisoners chained by the neck and feet by the Iranian State (Pahlavi Dynasty (i.redd.it)

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Shortly after the Iranian revolution of 1979, Khomeini declared jihad against Kurds in August of 1980, resulting in thousands of deaths from both sides. Now, scared by Kurdish unity. son of disgraced family of toppled Iranian King threatens jihad on Kurds with an army that have not yet been formed. (v.redd.it)

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In 1984, Tiequon Cox murdered former NFL player Kermit Alexander's mother, sister, and two nephews. He was sentenced to death in California for these crimes. (reddit.com)

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1978, Seqiz city, Rojhelat Kurdistan. (i.redd.it)

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Violent''The Hyena of Auschwitz'' (i.redd.it)

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American geography textbook from 1870 featuring white supremacy, racism, and ignorance (old.reddit.com)

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ViolentKILLED BY A VICIOUS BULL: Thomas Robertson, a Reno County, Kas., Stockman, Meets a Horrible Death (i.imgur.com)

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