F-YEAH HISTORY!

A pamphlet produced by the 43 Group in the late 1940s, Britain
This pamphlet was produced in the late 1940s by the 43 Group. Following World War II, Jewish servicemen returned home to find fascists preaching antisemitism on British streets. They formed the 43 Group, which combined political campaigning with a willingness to use physical violence to break up fascist meetings. The contents of the pamphlet includes an open letter to the Jewish community, an introduction to fascism, a list of current fascist organisations, the history of the group, its aims and objectives and a form to apply to join the group. By 1950 fascism had all but disappeared from the streets and the group disbanded.

Thank you card for a Jewish holiday camp in England, c. late 1930s
Between December 1938 and September 1939 nearly 10,000 Jewish refugee children were admitted to Britain from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. Jewish organisations and Christian groups such as the Quakers raised money to support the scheme. The children usually left by night from suburban railway stations, taking the train to the Netherlands, a ferry to Harwich, and finally arriving at Liverpool Street station in London. On arrival in Britain most of the children were housed in reception centres while foster families were found. Many of the first refugees went to Dovercourt Bay Holiday Camp, near Harwich. This card was made and signed by the young refugees as a thank you to Mr and Mrs Bond, the camp manager and his wife.

Soviet soldier feeding an owl during World War II

The USS San Francisco steams under the Golden Gate Bridge in 1942, during World War II

Reichstag in postwar occupied Berlin, June 3 1945

Iva Toguri D’Aquino mug shot, Sugamo Prison, March 7, 1946
Iva Ikuko Toguri D’Aquino (July 4, 1916 – September 26, 2006) was an American citizen who participated in English-language propaganda broadcast transmitted by Radio Tokyo to Allied soldiers in the South Pacific during World War II. Although on the “Zero Hour” radio show, Toguri called herself “Orphan Ann,” she quickly became identified with the moniker “Tokyo Rose”, a name that was coined by Allied soldiers and that predated her broadcasts. After the Japanese defeat, Toguri was detained for a year by the U.S. military before being released for lack of evidence. Department of Justice officials agreed that her broadcasts were “innocuous”. But when Toguri tried to return to the US, a popular uproar ensued, prompting the Federal Bureau of Investigation to renew its investigation of Toguri’s wartime activities. She was subsequently charged by the United States Attorney’s Office with eight counts of treason. Her 1949 trial resulted in a conviction on one count, making her the seventh American to be convicted on that charge. In 1974, investigative journalists found that key witnesses claimed they were forced to lie during testimony. Toguri was pardoned by U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1977.

Workers removing the signage from a former “Adolf Hitler Street”, 1945

American 1942 poster, during the WW2, in support of Greece

Men of the 12th Yorkshire Battalion, 5th Parachute Brigade, search suspects rounded up in Batavia during the operation to take control of all civil administration buildings in the city, 1945

Armia Krajowa Cross was awarded to veterans of AK by the Polish government in exile