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An oil-on-canvas c. 1680 portrait of John III Sobieski (aka Jan Sobieski, reign 1674-96), ruler of Poland-Lithuania. The artist is disputed but may be Daniel Schultz or Andreas Stech. (National Museum, Warsaw)

Baranów Sandomierski Castle, Poland, built in the 1590s.

A letter carried by the Zeppelin airship LZ 129 Hindenburg. The transatlantic zeppelins offered a postal service to their passengers. This letter was carried on the Hindenburg's first crossing to New York in May 1936. The postage stamps were...

A photo of the leader of fascist Italy Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) at the gates of Tripoli, Libya, raising the "sword of Islam" and proclaiming himself the "protector of Islam" (20th of May 1937). The photo was retouched: the groom holding...

The leader of fascist Italy Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) delivering a speech in Piazza Duomo in Milan in 1930. (German Federal Archives)

Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) at the fascist congress in Naples (24th of October 1922), held as a "general test" for the March on Rome implemented a few days later.

The leader of fascist Italy Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) and Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) watch a parade staged in Rome for the German dictator's visit to Italy (6th of May 1938).

Mugshot of the future Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), following his arrest by Swiss police for lack of identification papers (19th of June 1903). Mussolini was wrongly identified as "Benedetto" instead of Benito.

Tadeusz Kościuszko's victory at the Battle of Racławice (1794) against the invading Russian army, oil on canvas by Jan Matejko, 1888. National Museum, Krakow.

Medieval and early modern buildings in Gdańsk (Poland). When these buildings were constructed, Gdańsk was still part of Poland, but the city's inhabitants were mainly German-speakers and called the city Danzig. Photo by Reinhold Möller, 2007...