Adolf Hitler depicted by the US Secret Service in 1944 to show how he might disguise himself to evade capture

r/thewaywewere

All the women and men I descend from, of whom photos exist.

r/rarehistoricalphotos

1935 Mugshot of Erich Honecker, the later head of state of the GDR (German Democratic Republic)

r/europe

Fascist leader Mussolini was executed and his body was disfigured beyond recognition by the public. (April 28, 1945)

r/rarehistoricalphotos

Photograph entitled “The Eyes of Hatred,” of Joseph Goebbels, when learning that the photographer taking his picture was Jewish (1933)

r/pics

Hitler with Himmler the chicken manure salesman, appointed high government positions for his loyalty

r/rarehistoricalphotos

Stalin in a moment of visible despair, August 1941 – unauthorized photo taken inside the Kremlin

r/damnthatsinteresting

In 1973, healthy volunteers faked hallucinations to enter mental hospitals. Once inside, they acted normal, but doctors refused to let them leave. Normal behaviors like writing were diagnosed as "symptoms." The only people who realized they were sane were the actual patients.

r/space

Sergei Korolev the day he was returned to Moscow prison after one year in GULAG. He would launch the first human into space April 12, 1961

r/interestingasfuck

Dr Mengele’s South American ID. Mengele came extremely close to being caught throughout his time there, but slipped the net each time.

r/thewaywewere

My Great Uncle from 1902 to 1932 through jail and police photos (Sweden).

r/rarehistoricalphotos

Alois Brunner – one of the most despicable Nazi criminals to survive the war and escape justice – died an old, desperate and physically broken man after more than a decade of confinement in a Syrian basement (for years he trained Syrian torturers but fell out of favor with the Assad family).

r/oldschoolcool

Inventor Edwin Herbert Land, demonstrates his instant camera that makes it possible for a picture to be taken and developed in 60 seconds or less, 1947