The Ovitz family arrived in Auschwitz on May 1944. In total it was formed by a 12 members family line with Romanian origin coming from Transylvania, 7 of whom affected by dwarfism.…
Mese: Maggio 2020
This is not an abandoned mansion that you may accidentally bump into, let alone that you may consider “normal”. You have that strange feeling that you ought to ask for permission before…
by ERIKA ATZORI In the highly superstitious Sicily in the end of 1800, the three legs and four feet showman Francesco Lentini, Frank for the fans, was born. The man, counting 16…
Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie of Wittelsbach (1837-1898) was empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, honoured with several titles thanks to her union with the powerful husband the emperor Franz Joseph I. Born…
Auschwitz, 21st March 1942. At the concentration camp the SS guard Franz Wunsch is turning 20 years old. Wunsch is a survivor from the Eastern Front, wounded by a bullet on his…
The custom of getting tattooed is an ancient tradition which is rooted in ancient Egypt and spread to the Roman Empire, where slaves and convicted men were marked. The emperor Constantine in…
Ten people far in space and time, bonded by a peculiar circumstance: they all obtain fame in the afterlife as the best preserved mummies in history of humanity. Some of them thanks…
Parisa Damandan is a photographer and art historian graduated at Teheran University, author of the book “Portrait photographs from Isfahan: Faces in transition, 1920-1950“, a volume that shows the stories of Isfahan, Iranian…
9th July 1968. National Institute of Health of Bethesda, Maryland. The scientist John Calhoun places 8 white mice inside a fenced area 2.7 m (8.8 ft) wide and 1.3 m ( 4.3…
The illustrations of the Golden Ratio drawn by Rafael Araujo are the perfect fusion between art, science and math. In the last 40 years, the architect originally from Venezuela has perfecting his…