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Humanities Lowest Moments

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• published: 01 Feb 2015
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Humanities Lowest Moments. Humans can be terrible, the worst. This video lists 5 of humanities lowest moments. Hopefully we have learned from our horrible past but to be honest, it doesn't really look like it... 5. The Shanghai Baby The photo of a Chinese baby crying after a Japanese air raid on the Shanghai South Station in late August 1937 is one of the iconic images of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was carried by hundreds of major US newspapers. It is estimated that 136 million Americans saw the horrifying picture. 4. The Berlin Wall Rescue On August 13, 1961, Germany erected a barbed wire fence to divide Berlin in two. The soldier on the photo is a guard from the East, under strict orders not to allow anyone across the new border. The child is a young boy separated from his parents. By reaching over to lift the boy to where he wants to be, the soldier is taking a risk. But the soldier lifts the boy across anyway. At least there is some human dignity portrayed in this picture but still, a lot of kids weren't "lifted"... 3. Mongolian Woman The picture was published in National Geographic in 1913. The caption is simple: A Mongolian woman condemned to die of starvation. Westerners had previously written of people placed in cages in Mongolian markets, where passersby could taunt and insult them as they starved. However, later reports described the cramped padlocked boxes as cells rather than methods of execution. Other reports claimed people would be locked in the boxes, unable to properly lie or sit, sometimes for years. 2. The Brothers At Nagasaki Joe O’Donnell, the man who took this photo at Nagasaki, was sent by the U.S. military to document the damage inflicted on the Japanese homeland caused by air raids of fire bombs and atomic bombs. In the photo, the boy stands erect, having done his duty by bringing his dead brother to a cremation ground. He has epitomized the spirit of a defeated nation. 1. Mass Grave Before the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated in April 1945, the Nazis killed 50,000 people there. Anne Frank was among its victims, she was murdered just a month before the British arrived. The photograph of “Mass Grave 3? was taken shortly after. The man standing casually among the uncountable bodies is camp doctor Fritz Klein, who was hanged for his role in December 1945. Find us on... -- http://www.twitter.com/world5list -- http://www.pinterest.com/world5list -- http://www.boredbadger.com -- http://www.facebook.com/world5list