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HistoryPhotos is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

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Photos MUST be at LEAST 10 years old, and ideally over 20. We appreciate that we are living through events which will become history, but this is ultimately not a comm for news or current affairs, but events which have occurred some time in the past.

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Tiananmen Square after the first shots, Beijing, China, 1989 (europe.pub)

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[–] turdas@suppo.fi 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

But, there is a lot of misinfo surrounding it. Like "Thousands died on the square". Probably not true. Probaby 200 - 500 civilians died, and several dozen soldiers

I presume it is no coincidence that this death toll is almost exactly in line with the CCP's official estimates.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

I mean, even if it is, 200 people is a bloody massacre. If that's the charitable figure, it's still fucking awful.