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ZUM4857346: Jul 07, 1953 - Czech refugees capture army recognition-car and crash Czech - German border: On 25 July 1953 at approximately 0430 hours in the morning, eight Czech civilians succeeded in escaping from behind the Iron Curtain, when they broke thru the frontier with an army reconnaissance because they had captured y themselves. The crew of the car were two Czech soldiers, two Czech civilians, women and two children, The refugees asked for asylum for political reasons. At approximately 0430 hours on 25 July 1953, Bavarian Frontier Police watched a Czech army reconnaissance car breaking thru the barbed-wire fence, at Haselbach, rural district Waldmuenchen (bavarian forest). Alarmed Czech guards on duty made an all-out effort to stop the car but they failed, owing to the high speed the car attained once it had crossed he frontier. The Bavarian frontier police alarmed the US Military Police, and in less than 30 minutes mechanized M.P. ' s were around, picked both refugees and car, and sequestrated the car immediately. Afternoon reports issued by wire from the US-high Command state “that the refugees are in US hands”. Already at 2200 hours the military authorities stationed in Regensburg, Upper Bavarian allowed German press reporters a conference held in Regensburg / Bridgeman Images
ELD4857837: The reading of the sentence letter condemning Silvio Pellico (1789 - 1854) and Piero Maroncelli (1795 - 1846) to incarceration in the fortress of Spielberg in Brno for their belonging to the Carbonari movement (Charbonnerie or carboneria), 1822 (The reading of the letter condemning Silvio Pellico (1789 - 1854) and Piero Maroncelli (1789) 95 - 1846) to incarceration in the fortress of Spielberg in Brno for membership in the movement of the Carbonari (Carbonari or Carboneria) 1822) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ICA4857844: Illustration by Eugene Damblans (1865-1945) in Le Pelerin, 06/08/05 - On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Belgian independence, magnificent historical corteges travel through the city of Brussels - Belgium, History, Flags, Brussels, Commemorations, Independence - extras, Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4863651: Les giants Grandgousier et Gargamelle, parents of Gargantua, during a picnic near Chinon (Giants Grandgousier and Gargamelle, parents of Gargantua, eating in the country) Illustration by Pierre Courselles (died 1938) taken from “” Gargantua”” by Francois Rabelais, 1926 Private collection, Courselles, Pierre (d.1938) / Bridgeman Images
ETE4863784: Second World War (1939-1945): American boxer Joe Louis (1914-1981) (Sergeant in the US Army) fired a 240 mm Howitzer shell at “Futa Pass” (Futa Pass, Passo della Futa) in Italy, one of the locks of the German Gothic Line. Photograph taken in Vaglia, Italy, September 1944. / Bridgeman Images