Images

A striped jacket which detainees at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz had to wear. (Imperial War Museums)

A late-1930s photograph of Heinrich Himmler (1900-45), leader of the Nazi SS (Schutzstaffel), and his wife Magarete and daughter Gudrun. (German Federal Archives)

The body of Heinrich Himmler (1900-45), leader of the SS (Schutzstaffel), the Nazi paramilitary group which evolved into a vast police and military organisation. Himmler was captured by Allied troops in the final days of WWII and committed...

US Major General Jacob Brown (1775-1828), engraving Asher Brown Durand after a painting by John Wesley Jarvis. New York Public Library.

Chart Illustrative of the Siege & Defence of Fort Erie. Campaign of 1814, by the War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Tamahay (Tamaha, l. c. 1776-1864), Dakota Sioux guide to Zebulon Pike in 1805, who also served as a scout for the Americans during the War of 1812. Photograph taken c. 1860. Minnesota Historical Society, Gale Family Library, St. Paul.

Pike's Peak, Colorado, USA, named for the explorer and soldier Zebulon Pike who led an expedition to the summit in 1806. Photograph by David Shankbone, 2008.

Chief Joseph (Heinmot Tooyalakekt, l. 1840-1904) of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Native American nation. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1903. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce and Family, c. 1880. Photograph by F. M. Sargent, c. 1880. Washington State History Museum. Description by the museum: This photograph is historically significant and has great human interest as well. It may...

6c Cyrenius Hall "Chief Joseph" single, US postage stamp, issued 4 November 1968. Smithsonian National Postal Museum.