Lviv, 1941.
A young Jewish woman sits on the pavement, stripped naked, surrounded by a hostile crowd.
She tries to cover herself with her hands; her clothes lie discarded beside her. People stand and watch. One person reaches down toward her head as she looks directly into the lens.
Look at her face.
There is fear, shock, and profound humiliation. But beneath the cruelty surrounding her, there is something immutable:
her fundamental humanity.
She had a name.
A family.
A home.
People who loved her.
A future she was never allowed to claim.
The image was captured on 8mm film by German personnel. Later discovered by U.S. forces in an SS barracks in Augsburg, the footage is now preserved in Holocaust archives—a permanent record of an atrocity that was meant to be forgotten.
Before the Holocaust, more than 200,000 Jews called Lviv home. Under Nazi occupation, that community was systematically persecuted, deported, and murdered. Only a fraction survived.
During the 1941 pogroms, Jewish men, women, and children were targeted relentlessly, with women subjected to targeted, public degradation.
This photograph captures more than physical violence. It captures the mechanics of dehumanization—the deliberate, witnessed destruction of a human being's dignity.
We may never learn this woman’s name.
We may never know her final moments.
But by looking at her face, we refuse the ultimate aim of her tormentors: to erase her from memory.
We remember that she was someone.
I am so tired of our country being represented by complete jerks. They’re all so deeply ugly inside, and that ugliness spills out over everything they touch. I hate it.
For Americans criticizing Canada and Mark Carney’s decision to pursue closer trade ties with China rather than reach a deal with the United States, there’s an important piece of context missing.
Canada did not start this trade war. Donald Trump did. Canada’s pivot toward China is a direct consequence of the unfair treatment it has received from the Trump administration.
As a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen who knows both countries well, I believe our nations should work together. The United States and Canada are more than neighbors—they’re family.
But Mark Carney is right to stand up to the bullying and cheap shots that have come to define Trump’s foreign policy.
Don’t blame Canada for this deal falling apart. The responsibility lies with Trump, whose approach continues to damage America’s most important relationships across the globe.
We're losing a war to Iran, we're alienating our allies, we're emboldening our enemies, our stalwart service people are being subjected to deprivations...and this is what the Commander in Chief is doing.
We're losing a war to Iran, we're alienating our allies, we're emboldening our enemies, our stalwart service people are being subjected to deprivations...and this is what the Commander in Chief is doing.
The post war tax rates did not lead to socialism. We got the Eisenhower highways and infrastructure and a well balanced society. People aren't necessarily advocating for full socialism - just a better balance. Higher taxes are part of the solution.
Can we talk about “reduced sugar” products? Brands, I’m begging you… when you say “reduced sugar,” I want less sugar, not sugar replaced with sucralose or, God forbid, stevia. Just give me the same recipe with 25% less actual sugar. My taste buds are tired.
@awkwardgoogle I agree and support her decision. These situations are not created by the passenger but they are created by the airline and so to be put in that position is unfair to the pain passenger who may have paid for that specific seat paid a supplement to be in a specific