Revived History

King's of Europe were not King's of fairytales!

This photo always tears me up!

Onfims drawings help us understand how children were taught how to read and write. Onfim also teaches us that even though these drawings are nearly 1000 years old, a child's imagination never changes!

George Henke was 16-year-old boy who was an anti-aircraft soldier in the late stages of World War II. His father died in 1938 and his mother died in 1944, which forced the young boy to join the Air Force to support his family. Henke was photographed by John Florea and was crying due to combat shock. Henke is seen here wearing an adult's uniform that does not fit him. Children were often used in the German armed forces near the end of World War II in a desperate attempt to keep the Allies at bay, a tactic that failed. After the war, Henke became a member of the German communist party, and these photos were hidden at that time as members of the German communist party who were captured by Allied forces during World War II were often shamed. Henke died in 1997.

Drawings of what Atomic b*mb survivors saw on the day of the blasts, 1945 Colours attacked them from the sky. To many, the apocalypse had arrived.

A woman who shows severe facial injuries from a napalm attack during the Vietnam War, 1960s Napalm is an incendiary gel that was first developed during World War II. Napalm is used in warfare and is set on fire while being sprayed or dropped on targets. Napalm is so strong that it can burn through concrete and some metals. It was 7sed extensively by the US during the Vietnam War to burn away vegetation to expose Vietnamese positions. It was also used on human targets. It burns longer than gasoline and burns far hotter. Some of the most infamous photos taken of the war show Napalm being used or people suffering from the effects of it.

The Woman Who Gave Her Eye for Her People, 1941 Follow for more content like this!!! Albina Mali-Hočevar was a resistance fighter in Yugoslavia in World War II. Not much is known about her, and many of the sources I read about her don't seem to be credible or they were poorly written, but here is what I could gather about her. Hočevar's father died when she was young. She dropped out of school in the 3rd grade to help support her family and siblings. In 1941, Germany invaded Yugoslavia, and Hočevar (who was 16 at the time) joined the People's Liberation Movement. She was assigned as a nurse and reportedly cried in frustration as she wanted to fight on the front lines with her comrades. It appears that as the war intensified, Hočevar fought on the front lines and worked as a nurse during different intervals of the war. She found herself getting closer and closer to the action and fought in many different battles and skirmishes. She was badly wounded twice when she was 17 and badly wounded once when she was 18. An account of Hočevar says the following about her character: “The nurse Albina always paid more attention to the wounded than to herself, "said one account of Mali-Hočevar’s brave service. She knew neither fear nor exhaustion while… there were wounded [partisans] to be taken care of.” It is said that she took her nursing duties very seriously. After the war, she was awarded the Yugoslavian Order of the Partisan Star, 3rd class. Much of her history is lost, however, she got involved in communist politics after the war and became a politician. She died in 2001 at the age of 75. This picture of Hočevar became iconic as it shows the scars on her face that show the many injuries she suffered during her service. She also lost an eye at some point during her service, though I could not find out how or if she had a prosthetic glass eye in this picture. The picture also shows the "thousand-yard stare" Hočevar has. This is a gaze that some soldiers have after prolonged exposure to a combat zone, which can be a sign of exhaustion, emotional or mental scarring and trauma.

Jean Libbera shows off his parasitic twin, 1910 Born in Rome in 1884, Libbera was born with a parasitic twin. During a pregnancy of twins, the embryo will separate. However, sometimes it only partially separates, leading to the two sides developing separately, with one twin usually being absorbed into the other. This type of parasitic twin is called a conjoined twin, and it roughly happens every 50,000 births. Jean joined a circus and showed off his twin, whose name was Jaques. He adopted the name of "The Double-bodied Man". Both twins shared the name circularity and nervous systems. Parasitic twins generally aren't conscious, however, Jacques would sometimes move. Incredibly, X-rays at the time showed that Jaques had a semi-developed head inside Jean's stomach. Jaques solely survived because of Jean, and if removed, he would have not survived. Outside of the circus, Jean lived a normal life. He would wear a cloak when going outside to hide Jaques. He had a wife and 4 healthy children. He died at around 50 years old. Today, doctors will usually remove parasitic twins after birth.