My grandfather captured (POW) by fascists and held for three years. He never gave up.

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This is Witold Pilecki. In 1940, Polish intel officer Witold Pilecki volunteered to be imprisoned in Auschwitz. He organized a resistance movement in the camp, sent information to the Allies about what was happening there, and escaped in 1943

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

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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

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My dad absolutely rocked the hell out of his mustache back in the 1970s.

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

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My Paternal Grandpa. Circ 1953

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My dad absolutely rocked the hell out of his mustache back in the 1970s.

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Samuel R. Caldwell. First person arrested for selling cannabis. October 2nd, 1937

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Great Grandpa before and after WWII England and France

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This is the last known photo of Nicola Tesla. On 7th January 1943, Tesla died alone in the New Yorker Hotel. By the end of his life, he was penniless and had become a vegetarian

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An old relative recently brought old pictures of my grandparents to my grandmother’s 90th (North Alabama, 1950s)

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This is the last known photo of Nicola Tesla. On 7th January 1943, Tesla died alone in the New Yorker Hotel. By the end of his life, he was penniless and had become a vegetarian