<p>A transport of Jewish prisoners forced to march through the snow from the Bauschovitz train station to <a href="/narrative/5386">Theresienstadt</a>. Czechoslovakia, 1942.</p>

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  • Insignia of the 90th Infantry Division

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    Insignia of the 90th Infantry Division. Called the "Tough Ombres," the 90th Infantry Division was raised from draftees from the states of Texas and Oklahoma during World War I. The divisional insignia incorporates the letters "T" and "O" to symbolize both states. These letters later yielded the nickname "Tough Ombres," symbolizing the esprit de corps of the unit. The 90th was also sometimes called the "Alamo" division during World War II.

    Insignia of the 90th Infantry Division
  • Insignia of the 95th Infantry Division

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    Insignia of the 95th Infantry Division. The 95th Infantry Division, the "Victory" division, gained its nickname from the divisional insignia approved in 1942: the arabic numeral "9" combined with the roman numeral "V" to represent "95." The "V" led to the nickname, since the letter "V" was universally recognized as an Allied symbol for resistance and victory over the Axis during World War II.

    Insignia of the 95th Infantry Division
  • Insignia of the 99th Infantry Division

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    Insignia of the 99th Infantry Division. The 99th Infantry Division, the "Checkerboard" division, gained its nickname from the division's insignia. The insignia was devised upon the 99th's formation in 1942, when the division was headquartered in the city of Pittsburgh. The blue and white checkerboard in the division's insignia is taken from the coat of arms of William Pitt, for whom Pittsburgh is named. The division was also known as the "Battle Babies" during 1945, a sobriquet coined by a United Press…

    Insignia of the 99th Infantry Division
  • Insignia of the 9th Armored Division

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    Insignia of the 9th Armored Division. Although no nickname for the 9th was in common usage throughout World War II, "Phantom" division was sometimes used in 1945. It originated during the Battle of the Bulge, when the 9th Armored Division seemed, like a phantom, to be everywhere along the front.

    Insignia of the 9th Armored Division
  • Instructions posted during Japanese American relocation

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    A notice posted on a wall in San Francisco, California, lists “evacuation” instructions for the area’s Japanese American residents, 1942. They were deported, first to temporary “assembly centers,” and from there to relocation centers in remote areas of the United States.

    Instructions posted during Japanese American relocation
  • Internally displaced persons camp in Iraqi Kurdistan

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    An elderly Yazidi woman tends to young children beside a half-constructed building in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp where they live in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan. September 7, 2015.

    Internally displaced persons camp in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Internally displaced persons (IDP) camp near Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan

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    A Sunni man from Mosul, Iraq, prays as the sun sets over an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp near Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. September 2, 2015.

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    Internally displaced persons (IDP) camp near Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
  • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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    Offices of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania.

    International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
  • International Tracing Service boxes containing documentation about Gross-Rosen

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    International Tracing Service (ITS) boxes containing documentation about Gross-Rosen. The archive was established by the Allied powers after World War II to help reunite families separated during the war and to trace missing family members. Bad Arolsen, Germany. Learn more about the ITS.

    International Tracing Service boxes containing documentation about Gross-Rosen
  • Internment camp for Roma (Gypsies)

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    Roll call at an internment camp for Roma (Gypsies). Lackenbach, Austria, 1940–41.

    Internment camp for Roma (Gypsies)

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