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view archival footage of the impoverished American population in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929

view archival footage of the impoverished American population in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929

“The unemployed, the soup kitchens, the grinding poverty, and the despair”—the worldwide...

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Postwar Germany: Surviving and rebuilding after 1945

Postwar Germany: Surviving and rebuilding after 1945

In the aftermath of World War II, many Europeans lacked adequate food, shelter, and...

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