Retronaut » WWII http://www.retronaut.co The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Soldiers playing baseball, Northern France, WWII http://www.retronaut.co/2011/12/soldiers-playing-baseball-northern-france-wwii/ http://www.retronaut.co/2011/12/soldiers-playing-baseball-northern-france-wwii/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:01:14 +0000 Chris http://www.retronaut.co/?p=38542

‘Major Sylvester F. Crynes MC was a pathologist with the 217th GEneral Hospital during WWII. These photographs are from his 400 image slide collection documenting his time in France’

- Otis Historical Archives National Museum of Health & Medicine

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‘Trümmerfrau (literally translated as ruins woman or rubble woman) is the German-language name for women who, in the aftermath of World War II, helped clear and reconstruct the bombed cities of Germany and Austria.

Between 1945 and 1946, the Allied powers, in both West Germany and East Germany, ordered all women between 15 and 50 years of age to participate in the postwar cleanup.’

- Wikipedia

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Images by Fred Ramage, George Konig, AP

Thank you to Spiegel

 

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‘Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) was a French photographer known for his images of contemporary Paris streets and cafes.

‘The marvels of daily life are so exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.’
- Robert Doisneau’

- Wikipedia

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Thank you to Online Browsing

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