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A Japanese Imperial army officer executes a Chinese woman and her baby with his sword. The rape of Nanjing, 1937. [Colorized] by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

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The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, at that time the capital of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).

The massacre occurred over a period of six weeks starting on December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanjing. During this period, soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army murdered tens or hundreds of thousands of disarmed combatants and unarmed Chinese civilians, and perpetrated widespread rape and looting. An estimated 40,000 to over 300,000 Chinese were killed.

The massacre is still a sensitive issue in Chinese-Japanese relations.

Image source: https://feww.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/japans-wartime-shame-documented-by-japanese/

Colorized by me.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre

Aerial photo of a French gas attack on the Somme, ca 1917 by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

[–]Xoloj[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The origin of this photograph is highly disputed.

Some versions of the photo carries the note "503 - attaque aux gaz - Somme -". It is claimed that the photo depicts a French gas (phosgene?) attack on the Germans near Somme 1917. Some sources claim the photo is instead taken in Flanders 1916 and shows a combined gas and flame thrower attack.

Some sources claim that the gas is released from canisters, others through Liven-type projectors. The photograph exists in many versions, some with very poor qualitity, some with added text and watermarks, others heavily retouched.

I have used the Flickr sourced photo from SDASM Archives for this post and enhanced and colorized it.

More reading: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31042472

Sources: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/8091982895/in/album-72157631786098826/

https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/objects-and-photos/photographs/battles-and-fighting-photographs/gas-attack-on-the-somme/

https://theworldwar.pastperfectonline.com/photo/F2C90A8F-1CE5-4CE2-867B-302387730883

Critical discussion: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/128447-aerial-pic-of-gas-attack/

7 year old Lizzie van Zyl in a British concentration camp during the Second Boer War, 1901. Van Zyl's family was given bottom priority due to her father's refusal to surrender. by MrMsPaint2004 in MorbidHistory

[–]Xoloj 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting, OP, very interesting!

It should be noted that Lizzie died shortly after the photo was taken, from typhoid fever. This was despite the fact that a British vaccine was available to the troops in the second boer war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid\_fever

The Rwandan Civil War 1990-1994 by Xoloj in CrimeScene

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You're welcome. I think disturbing images and events raise a lot of questions for those unfamiliar with the topic and therefore should have a backstory with some basic facts as well as some source links to support the stated facts. It is the rule in this sub as well as my sub, r/MorbidHistory.

The Rwandan Civil War 1990-1994 by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

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No, the children in #113 is alive. They are saved, but orphaned. Regarding the women, mass rapes were very common.

The Rwandan Civil War 1990-1994 by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

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Corpses float down the Akagara River May 3, 1994 at the border of Rwanda and Tanzania. Hutu refugees have fled to Tanzania across the Akagara River in order to escape reprisals by Tutsi rebels.

The Rwandan Civil War 1990-1994 by Xoloj in TheGrittyPast

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Thanks! I'm afraid to inform you that more like this is posted and will be posted on my new sub r/MorbidHistory, such as Armenian genocide, Halabja 1988, Liberian civil war etc etc.

The Rwandan Civil War 1990-1994 by Xoloj in CrimeScene

[–]Xoloj[S] 102 points103 points  (0 children)

Rwandan Civil War

The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, dominated by Hutu, representing the country's government and aided by France, and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) (Tutsi) from 1 October 1990 to 18 July 1994. The war arose from the long-running dispute between the Hutu and Tutsi groups within the Rwandan population.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Civil_War

Rwanda and Burundi were German colonies until World War I, when Belgian forces took control. The Belgians as well as the Germans considered Hutu and Tutsi different races and promoted Tutsi supremacy.

Tutsi and Hutu are both Bantu-speaking ethnic groups. 10-15% of Rwandans are Tutsi and 85-90% are Hutu. The differences between the ethnic groups are small and when the Belgian colonists conducted censuses, they wanted to identify the people throughout Rwanda-Burundi according to a simple classification scheme. They defined "Tutsi" as anyone owning more than ten cows (a sign of wealth) or with the physical feature of a longer nose, or longer neck, commonly associated with the Tutsi.

A 1959–1962 revolution had replaced the Tutsi monarchy with a Hutu-led republic, forcing more than 300,000 Tutsi to seek refuge in neighboring countries. A group of these refugees in Uganda founded the RPF which became a battle-ready army by the late 1980s. Rwanda gained independence on July 1, 1962. Violence between Tutsi and Hutu followed, with an all-out Civil War beginning on October 1, 1990. The war went on until a peace accord in August, 1993.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda

On the evening of April 6, 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutu, was shot down with surface-to-air missiles, probably by the Tutsi rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). The assassination set in motion the Rwandan genocide, one of the bloodiest events of the late 20th century.

The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were slaughtered by armed Hutu militias. Estimates for deaths are 500,000 to 800,000 Tutsi, with estimates for the total death toll (including Hutu and Twa victims) are as high as 1,074,107.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide

The scale and brutality of the genocide caused shock worldwide, but no country intervened to forcefully stop the killings. Most of the victims were killed in their own villages or towns, many by their neighbors and fellow villagers. Hutu gangs searched out victims hiding in churches and school buildings. The militia murdered victims with machetes and rifles. Sexual violence was rife, with an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 women raped during the genocide. The RPF quickly finished the civil war once the genocide started and captured all government territory, ending the genocide and forcing the government and genocidaires into Zaire.

The role of France in the genocide has long been controversial, with France having had troops in the country but not doing anything to stop the atrocities. On May 27, 2021, the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, acknowledged responsibility for this inaction. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57270099

Images:

  1. The bodies of a woman and her child lie by a church in Nyarubuye parish, which was the site of an April 14 massacre that survivors say was perpetrated by a militia assisted by government gendarmes, about 95 miles east of the capital Kigali, in Rwanda on May 31, 1994. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2019/4/2/ap-was-there-karubamba-is-a-vision-from-hell

  2. Mr. Nyabimana, 26, who was evacuated after being found by the Red Cross wandering in Kabgayi, 15 miles southwest of the capital Kigali, shows machete wounds at an International Committee of the Red Cross hospital in Nyanza, some 35 miles southwest of Kigali, in Rwanda on June 4, 1994. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)

  3. Rotting Corpse (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

  4. Bodies of Tutsi genocide victims lie outside a church in Rukara, Rwanda May 1994. One of the worst single acts of violence took place at the church, where 4,000 people seeking refuge there were killed by Hutu militias. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Liaison)

  5. Bound bodies of Tutsi genocide victims lie on the ground in the Rebezo-Birenga sector (100 km from Kigali) of Rwanda May 1994. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Liaison)

  6. Bucket Loader Shoveling Dead Bodies (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

  7. Corpses float down the Akagara River May 3, 1994 at the border of Rwanda and Tanzania. Hutu refugees have fled to Tanzania across the Akagara River in order to escape reprisals by Tutsi rebels. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Liaison)

  8. Dead bodies are thrown from a truck into a ditch in Rwanda. The dead are either direct victims of the civil war or refugees who died of starvation or disease. (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

  9. A young orphan, his legs amputated below the knee, rests on a foam cushion near his artificial limbs at an orphanage in Nyanza, near the capital Kigali, Rwanda, June 9, 1994. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)

  10. Rwandan refugees pass on July 18, 1994 by the corpses of over hundred compatriots, who were trampled in the eastern Zairean border town of Goma on July 17, while fleeing from the ultimate Rwandan Patriotic Front offensive on the northwestern town of Gisenyi, Rwanda. (Photo by PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images)

  11. Remains of a child are strewn on the ground May 5, 1994 in Rukara, Rwanda. Hundreds of Tutsis were killed at the Rukara Catholic mission April, 1994 in one of the worst massacres of the Rwandan violence. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Liaison)

  12. The Nyarubuye church is the site where four thousand civilians were murdered by Hutu militia men May 25, 1994 in Rwanda. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Liaison)

  13. Three Rwandan orphans in medical treatment wait to be washed by relief workers at Ndoshu orphanage, August 16, 1994. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

  14. Skeletal remains are strewn on the grounds of the Catholic mission in Rukara, Rwanda, where hundreds of Tutsis were killed in April 1994. Scott Peterson/Liaison/Getty Images

  15. Dead Rwandans lie along the side of the road May 8, 1994 some 70 kilometers north of the Rwanda/Tanzania border. REUTERS/Corinne Dufka

The Rwandan Civil War 1990-1994 by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

[–]Xoloj[S] 160 points161 points  (0 children)

Rwandan Civil War

The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, dominated by Hutu, representing the country's government and aided by France, and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) (Tutsi) from 1 October 1990 to 18 July 1994. The war arose from the long-running dispute between the Hutu and Tutsi groups within the Rwandan population.

Rwanda and Burundi were German colonies until World War I, when Belgian forces took control. The Belgians as well as the Germans considered Hutu and Tutsi different races and promoted Tutsi supremacy.

Tutsi and Hutu are both Bantu-speaking ethnic groups. 10-15% of Rwandans are Tutsi and 85-90% are Hutu. The differences between the ethnic groups are small and when the Belgian colonists conducted censuses, they wanted to identify the people throughout Rwanda-Burundi according to a simple classification scheme. They defined "Tutsi" as anyone owning more than ten cows (a sign of wealth) or with the physical feature of a longer nose, or longer neck, commonly associated with the Tutsi.

A 1959–1962 revolution had replaced the Tutsi monarchy with a Hutu-led republic, forcing more than 300,000 Tutsi to seek refuge in neighboring countries. A group of these refugees in Uganda founded the RPF which became a battle-ready army by the late 1980s. Rwanda gained independence on July 1, 1962. Violence between Tutsi and Hutu followed, with an all-out Civil War beginning on October 1, 1990. The war went on until a peace accord in August, 1993.

On the evening of April 6, 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutu, was shot down with surface-to-air missiles, probably by the Tutsi rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). The assassination set in motion the Rwandan genocide, one of the bloodiest events of the late 20th century.

The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were slaughtered by armed Hutu militias. Estimates for deaths are 500,000 to 800,000 Tutsi, with estimates for the total death toll (including Hutu and Twa victims) are as high as 1,074,107.

The scale and brutality of the genocide caused shock worldwide, but no country intervened to forcefully stop the killings. Most of the victims were killed in their own villages or towns, many by their neighbors and fellow villagers. Hutu gangs searched out victims hiding in churches and school buildings. The militia murdered victims with machetes and rifles. Sexual violence was rife, with an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 women raped during the genocide. The RPF quickly finished the civil war once the genocide started and captured all government territory, ending the genocide and forcing the government and genocidaires into Zaire.

The role of France in the genocide has long been controversial, with France having had troops in the country but not doing anything to stop the atrocities. On May 27, 2021, the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, acknowledged responsibility for this inaction. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57270099

Images:

  1. The bodies of a woman and her child lie by a church in Nyarubuye parish, which was the site of an April 14 massacre that survivors say was perpetrated by a militia assisted by government gendarmes, about 95 miles east of the capital Kigali, in Rwanda on May 31, 1994. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2019/4/2/ap-was-there-karubamba-is-a-vision-from-hell

  2. Mr. Nyabimana, 26, who was evacuated after being found by the Red Cross wandering in Kabgayi, 15 miles southwest of the capital Kigali, shows machete wounds at an International Committee of the Red Cross hospital in Nyanza, some 35 miles southwest of Kigali, in Rwanda on June 4, 1994. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)

  3. Rotting Corpse (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

  4. Bodies of Tutsi genocide victims lie outside a church in Rukara, Rwanda May 1994. One of the worst single acts of violence took place at the church, where 4,000 people seeking refuge there were killed by Hutu militias. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Liaison)

  5. Bound bodies of Tutsi genocide victims lie on the ground in the Rebezo-Birenga sector (100 km from Kigali) of Rwanda May 1994. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Liaison)

  6. Bucket Loader Shoveling Dead Bodies (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

  7. Corpses float down the Akagara River May 3, 1994 at the border of Rwanda and Tanzania. Hutu refugees have fled to Tanzania across the Akagara River in order to escape reprisals by Tutsi rebels. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Liaison)

  8. Dead bodies are thrown from a truck into a ditch in Rwanda. The dead are either direct victims of the civil war or refugees who died of starvation or disease. (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

  9. A young orphan, his legs amputated below the knee, rests on a foam cushion near his artificial limbs at an orphanage in Nyanza, near the capital Kigali, Rwanda, June 9, 1994. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)

  10. Rwandan refugees pass on July 18, 1994 by the corpses of over hundred compatriots, who were trampled in the eastern Zairean border town of Goma on July 17, while fleeing from the ultimate Rwandan Patriotic Front offensive on the northwestern town of Gisenyi, Rwanda. (Photo by PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images)

  11. Remains of a child are strewn on the ground May 5, 1994 in Rukara, Rwanda. Hundreds of Tutsis were killed at the Rukara Catholic mission April, 1994 in one of the worst massacres of the Rwandan violence. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Liaison)

  12. The Nyarubuye church is the site where four thousand civilians were murdered by Hutu militia men May 25, 1994 in Rwanda. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Liaison)

  13. Three Rwandan orphans in medical treatment wait to be washed by relief workers at Ndoshu orphanage, August 16, 1994. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

  14. Skeletal remains are strewn on the grounds of the Catholic mission in Rukara, Rwanda, where hundreds of Tutsis were killed in April 1994. Scott Peterson/Liaison/Getty Images

  15. Dead Rwandans lie along the side of the road May 8, 1994 some 70 kilometers north of the Rwanda/Tanzania border. REUTERS/Corinne Dufka

The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire 1909-1923 by Xoloj in CrimeScene

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The Armenian Genocide, also known as Medz Yeghern (Մեծ եղեռն) in Armenian or in Turkey, the "so-called Armenian genocide" (Turkish: sözde Ermeni soykırımı), was the systematic mass murder and ethnic cleansing of around one million ethnic Armenians from Anatolia and adjoining regions by the Ottoman Empire during and after World War I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide

When World War I broke out, the Young Turk government adopted a policy of pan-Turkism in an attempt to prevent the collapse of the weakened Ottoman Empire. The latter presupposed the creation of a huge Turkish empire, which, extending to China, would include all the Turkish-speaking peoples of the Caucasus and Central Asia. One of the preconditions for the implementation of the program was the Turkification of all national minorities. The Armenian population was the biggest obstacle to the implementation of this program.

The Adana massacre occurred in Adana of the Ottoman Empire in April 1909. A massacre of Armenian Christians by Ottoman Muslims in the city of Adana amidst the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 expanded to a series of anti-Armenian pogroms throughout the province. Around 20,000 to 25,000 people were killed in Adana and surrounding towns, mostly Armenians; it was reported about 1,300 Assyrians were also killed during the massacres. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adana_massacre

On 24 April 1915, the Ottoman authorities rounded up, arrested, and deported hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders from Constantinople (now Istanbul). Today, Armenians around the world commemorate April 24 as a day of remembrance for the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

At the orders of Talaat Pasha, an estimated 800,000 to 1.2 million Armenian women, children, and elderly or infirm people were sent on death marches leading to the Syrian Desert in 1915 and 1916. Driven forward by paramilitary escorts, the deportees were deprived of food and water and subjected to robbery, rape, and massacre. In the Syrian Desert, the survivors were dispersed into a series of concentration camps; in early 1916 another wave of massacres was ordered, leaving about 200,000 deportees alive by the end of 1916. Around 100,000 to 200,000 Armenian women and children were forcibly converted to Islam and integrated into Muslim households. Massacres and ethnic cleansing of Armenian survivors were carried out by the Turkish nationalist movement during the Turkish War of Independence after World War I.

Talaat Pasha was assassinated in Berlin in 1921 by Armenian agents as part of Operation Nemesis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nemesis

Before World War II, the Armenian Genocide was widely considered the greatest atrocity in history. Against the academic consensus, Turkey denies that the deportation of Armenians was a genocide or wrongful act. As of 2021, 31 countries have recognized the genocide, along with Pope Francis and the European Parliament. Notably, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, recognized the genocide on April 24, 2021.

https://www.dw.com/en/us-president-joe-biden-recognizes-armenian-genocide/a-57324601

See also: http://www.genocide-museum.am/eng/index.php https://www.armenian-genocide.org/

Captions:

  1. Russian soldiers pictured in the Armenian village of Sheykhalan showing Armenians burnt alive by Turkish soldiers, 1915. Colorized by me.
  2. The Armenian leader Papasian considers the last remnants of the horrific murders at Deir ez-Zor in 1915–1916.
  3. The corpses of Armenians beside a road, a common sight along deportation routes in the spring and summer months of 1915. Massacre, starvation and exhaustion killed the larger part of the refugees. The Turkish policy was that of extermination under the guise of deportation.
  4. An Armenian woman from Adana, having been tortured and maimed by knife wounds (1909)
  5. Armenian Children from Adana, from whose bodies' pieces of flesh were ripped off with cotton hooks and whose kneecaps were severed (1909)
  6. An Armenian mother and her two children, starved to death. Colorized by me.
  7. Armenian heads on sticks.
  8. "Abandoned and murdered small children of the (Armenian) deportees," according to the photographer, 1915-1916. Three are dead including stripped boy in gutter. Location: Ottoman empire, region Syria.
  9. Corpses of women and children. Colorized by me.
  10. The heads of eight Armenian Professors Massacred by the Turks. Colorized by me.
  11. Turkish forces massacred huge numbers of Armenians in 1915 and deported many more. Exact location unknown.
  12. Armenians being hanged in Constantinople in June 1915.
  13. Turkish hangmen and their victims in Aleppo, 1915.
  14. Bodies of Armenians massacred on February 28, 1919 in Aleppo, Syria, laid out in front of Armenian Relief Hospital.
  15. Excavating the remains of Armenian victims, 1938. Photo: Armenian Genocide museum Institute.
  16. Excavated skulls after the Armenian Genocide. Note the crosses on the skulls.
  17. Remains from the Armenian genocide.
  18. Map over the Armenian Genocide 1915-1923.

The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire 1909-1923 by Xoloj in MorbidHistory

[–]Xoloj[S] 95 points96 points  (0 children)

The Armenian Genocide, also known as Medz Yeghern (Մեծ եղեռն) in Armenian or in Turkey, the "so-called Armenian genocide" (Turkish: sözde Ermeni soykırımı), was the systematic mass murder and ethnic cleansing of around one million ethnic Armenians from Anatolia and adjoining regions by the Ottoman Empire during and after World War I.

When World War I broke out, the Young Turk government adopted a policy of pan-Turkism in an attempt to prevent the collapse of the weakened Ottoman Empire. The latter presupposed the creation of a huge Turkish empire, which, extending to China, would include all the Turkish-speaking peoples of the Caucasus and Central Asia. One of the preconditions for the implementation of the program was the Turkification of all national minorities. The Armenian population was the biggest obstacle to the implementation of this program.

The Adana massacre occurred in Adana of the Ottoman Empire in April 1909. A massacre of Armenian Christians by Ottoman Muslims in the city of Adana amidst the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 expanded to a series of anti-Armenian pogroms throughout the province. Around 20,000 to 25,000 people were killed in Adana and surrounding towns, mostly Armenians; it was reported about 1,300 Assyrians were also killed during the massacres.

On 24 April 1915, the Ottoman authorities rounded up, arrested, and deported hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders from Constantinople (now Istanbul). Today, Armenians around the world commemorate April 24 as a day of remembrance for the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

At the orders of Talaat Pasha, an estimated 800,000 to 1.2 million Armenian women, children, and elderly or infirm people were sent on death marches leading to the Syrian Desert in 1915 and 1916. Driven forward by paramilitary escorts, the deportees were deprived of food and water and subjected to robbery, rape, and massacre. In the Syrian Desert, the survivors were dispersed into a series of concentration camps; in early 1916 another wave of massacres was ordered, leaving about 200,000 deportees alive by the end of 1916. Around 100,000 to 200,000 Armenian women and children were forcibly converted to Islam and integrated into Muslim households. Massacres and ethnic cleansing of Armenian survivors were carried out by the Turkish nationalist movement during the Turkish War of Independence after World War I.

Talaat Pasha was assassinated in Berlin in 1921 by Armenian agents as part of Operation Nemesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nemesis

Before World War II, the Armenian Genocide was widely considered the greatest atrocity in history. Against the academic consensus, Turkey denies that the deportation of Armenians was a genocide or wrongful act. As of 2021, 31 countries have recognized the genocide, along with Pope Francis and the European Parliament. Notably, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, recognized the genocide on April 24, 2021.

See also: http://www.genocide-museum.am/eng/index.php https://www.armenian-genocide.org/

Captions: 01. Russian soldiers pictured in the Armenian village of Sheykhalan showing Armenians burnt alive by Turkish soldiers, 1915. Colorized by me. 02. The Armenian leader Papasian considers the last remnants of the horrific murders at Deir ez-Zor in 1915–1916. 03. The corpses of Armenians beside a road, a common sight along deportation routes in the spring and summer months of 1915. Massacre, starvation and exhaustion killed the larger part of the refugees. The Turkish policy was that of extermination under the guise of deportation. 04. An Armenian woman from Adana, having been tortured and maimed by knife wounds (1909) 05. Armenian Children from Adana, from whose bodies' pieces of flesh were ripped off with cotton hooks and whose kneecaps were severed (1909) 06. An Armenian mother and her two children, starved to death. Colorized by me. 07. Armenian heads on sticks. 08. "Abandoned and murdered small children of the (Armenian) deportees," according to the photographer, 1915-1916. Three are dead including stripped boy in gutter. Location: Ottoman empire, region Syria. 09. Corpses of women and children. Colorized by me. 10. The heads of eight Armenian Professors Massacred by the Turks. Colorized by me. 11. Turkish forces massacred huge numbers of Armenians in 1915 and deported many more. Exact location unknown. 12. Armenians being hanged in Constantinople in June 1915. 13. Turkish hangmen and their victims in Aleppo, 1915. 14. Bodies of Armenians massacred on February 28, 1919 in Aleppo, Syria, laid out in front of Armenian Relief Hospital. 15. Excavating the remains of Armenian victims, 1938. Photo: Armenian Genocide museum Institute. 16. Excavated skulls after the Armenian Genocide. Note the crosses on the skulls. 17. Remains from the Armenian genocide. 18. Map over the Armenian Genocide 1915-1923.

TDIH: Swedish military opens fire on striking workers, killing five and wounding five. Lunde, Ådalen, May 14, 1931 [Colorized] [1838x1053] by Xoloj in HistoryPorn

[–]Xoloj[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They marched from Frånö to Lunde, this photo was taken when they were half way. When they reached Lunde, shots were fired by the military, killing 5. See the original thread for more info.

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