Black History

Berlin's Sports Palace during Reich Minister of National Education and Propaganda Josef Goebbels' speech on total war. A banner with the slogan: "Total war - the shortest war" is fixed to the balustrade. Berlin, Germany 18.02.1943

When they wanted to advertise something in the 19th century, they did it as seriously as possible. This three-wheeled monster was built in the USA to promote VIM tyres from the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company. The bike really rode and certainly attracted attention.

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The Spitting Dictators fountain is a sculptural group of 4 famous despots: Louis XIV, Hitler, Stalin and Franco spitting at each other in the pond of the park in Arnhem, Holland. By Fernando Sánchez Castillo, 2008

"Don't Wake Up" prison tattoo This tattoo is a warning message that the bearer is such a dangerous individual that it is better not to touch him, even in his sleep. This is a tattoo that can be applied to the eyelids with a spoon, so as not to inadvertently pierce the eye. The most important thing is that the tattoos are not only a warning sign, but also a reason to be proud of.

The wreckage of colliding Tu-134A (passenger) and An-26 (military) aircraft that collided in the Lviv region in May 1985. Then the top leadership of the Air Force of Precarpathian Military District, a promising young Estonian tennis player Alari Lindmaye and an outstanding graphic artist - the "Lviv Durer" Alexander Aksinin died. What is surprising is that Alexander Aksinin, a graphic artist from Lviv, had not long before depicted his death in engravings.

The surrender of the Japanese naval base at Kurihara, located on Honshu Island, 1945, Japan. A Japanese man holds out his sword to an American in savage violation of 'sword ethics' - with the hilt under his right hand and the sharp blade forward. From the Japanese point of view - he is causing the American the gravest insult. The American does not care, he is not even aware of it.

King Alexander I of Yugoslavia refused to take part in any public events on Tuesdays because three members of his family had died on that day of the week. In the end, he decided to do away with the "silly prejudice". On one Tuesday, the king paid an official visit to Marseille and was shot dead by a terrorist.

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This is what a transit point for bandits (gangsters) looked like in 1947. What made it attractive to gangsters was that Nevada's laws and state government were relatively undeveloped at the time, and this allowed gangsters to gain a greater degree of political control through various illegal means. That's why Nevada was at the forefront of legal gambling; a great way to launder money. The city of Las Vegas .