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The Goebbels children were the five daughters and one son born to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels. The children, born between 1932 and 1940, were murdered by their parents in Berlin on May 1, 1945, the day both parents committed suicide. Magda Goebbels had an older son, Harald Quandt, from a previous marriage to Günther Quandt. He was not present when his half-siblings were killed.
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warinvietnam: A squadron leader’s camouflaged helmet helps him blend in with his surroundings during a mission in 1966 (U.S. Army/National Archives).
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poynterinstitute: Today’s historical headline: Hundreds of lives are lost on the torpedoed Lusitania The British ship was suck by a German u-boat, and it was one of the contributing factors to the US’ joining the war on the side of the Allies.  Here are eight famous people who missed the Lusitania, from the Smithsonian magazine’s website.  (Photo from here.) 
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collectivehistory: Apollo 17’s Harrison Schmitt is suited up by fellow astronaut Alan Shepard. Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon, with Schmitt as the only scientist, and last man, to have walked on the lunar surface ca. 1972 (NASA)
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collectivehistory: People seeking shelter behind lamp-posts at Dam square Amsterdam after German troops opened fire at the celebrating masses. 22 people were killed and another 120 were injured ca.  7 May 1945 (Source)
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demons: The VE cover for Time Magazine, 7 May 1945
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greatestgeneration: V-E Day in Moscow
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greatestgeneration: Gift of Joyce Smith, 2008.075.002
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life: On view at Howard Greenberg Gallery: 1963 1963 was a year when everything changed. It was a roller-coaster time in American political and social history, when our nation experienced civil rights protests, the start of Beatlemania, and growing involvement in Vietnam.Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., brought enormous hope. And then, in the final months of the year, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy plunged the country into darkness, abruptly halting an age of innocence. Bringing together more than 40 photographs depicting events from this watershed year, Howard Greenberg Gallery will present 1963 from May 9 through July 6, 2013. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. More information here. Pictured: New York Commuters read of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, November 1963. This Carl Mydans photo did not appear in LIFE when the magazine published as a weekly, but has been printed in later books. (Carl Mydans—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
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luzfosca: L. Konov Terrified Russian children in Stalingrad are hiding from German bombers, 1942. Very staged photograph, you can tell when you question why the photographer is taking the photo but in no absolute danger at all. Where as the children are literally hiding under the ground from the bombers. Propoganda