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Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church built in 1732 with one of the village’s barns in the foreground.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church built in 1732 with one of the village’s barns in the foreground.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church sits prominently in the center of the village.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church sits prominently in the center of the village.

Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church sits prominently in the center of the village. The dark roofs in the foreground are the Horák family farm where all 173 Lidice men were killed on 10 Jun 1942.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. The Lidice school, where the village women and children were held on 9 Jun 1942.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. These peasant homes were the first to be destroyed on 10 Jun 1942.	Portrait of one of the about 300 female conscripts from Guangdong Province, China, 1938; these young women underwent 3 months of military training as the Japanese advanced toward Guangdong

Air raid shelter, Nanjing, China, Jan 1938	Battle-damaged Nanjing, China, Jan 1938	Chinese self-organized burial team taking care of the remains of a slain child, Nanjing, China, Jan 1938	Former headquarters of the Republic of China government in Nanjing, China after Japanese capture, circa Jan 1938

Japanese soldiers killing Chinese prisoners of war with bayonets in a trench, Nanjing, China, Jan 1938	Inauguration ceremony of the Chinese collaborationist Nanjing Autonomous Commission, China, 1 Jan 1938	Tao Hsi-shan speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Chinese collaborationist Nanjing Autonomous Commission, China, 1 Jan 1938	Adolf Hitler announcing the annexation of Austria to members of the Reichstag at Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, Mar 1938

German policemen marching into Imst, Austria, 12 Mar 1938	German Army SdKfz. 221 armored car crossing from Passau, Germany into Schärding, Austria, 13 Mar 1938	German Panzer II tank commander waving to Austrian women, Austria, 13 Mar 1938	Adolf Hitler parading in Vienna in occupied Austria, 14 Mar 1938