A little girl is overlooking the ruins of Warsaw in 1946. Her identity remains a mystery; the cars in the background have brought ex-US President Herbert Hoover to the location, as part of his war relief effort. This is a colorized version of a picture taken by Hoover's photographer, Reginald Kenny.
A little girl pictured in 1946, above the ruins of Warsaw, where, 79 years ago, the Uprising began. Colorization of a picture taken by Reginald Kenny, photographer of ex-US President Herbert Hoover, who came to the location as part of his post-war relief effort; his car is visible below. [1540x1272]
Ruins of the abandoned church in Poland's Trzesacz, built atop a cliff circa 1520. Since the 1890s, sea waters have been undercutting the cliff, causing gradual collapse of the structure every decade. This century the cliff has been reinforced with gabions to prevent further collapse of the remains.
When investigators were hunting for the unknown killer of 5 women in 1979's Silesia, one of them sculpted a statue of the serial killer, confident that a three-dimensional picture would be more beneficial to any witnesses than a flat sketch. Joachim Knychała's visage would prove to match the effigy.
Part of an army fort, Poland. First used by Austria-Hungary against Russia. Then used by Poland against Russia, and then against Germany. Later used by Germany against Russia. Then used by Russia against Germany. Later used for training by Russia, and then for storage by Poland. Currently abandoned.
When investigators were hunting for the unknown killer of 5 women in 1979's Silesia, one of them sculpted a statue of the serial killer, confident that a three-dimensional picture would be more beneficial to any witnesses than a flat sketch. Joachim Knychała's visage would prove to match the effigy.
