47 of the most haunting photos from history

History is more than just innovations and triumphs. In truth, much of it involves numerous instances of brutality, warfare, and other unsettling, regrettable realities.

Take a look below at some of the most haunting moments from history.

 

The two siblings shown here are experiencing the thrill of an electrical storm at Sequoia National Park in California around 1975. Shortly after this picture was taken, they were struck by lightning. Both survived.

 

Joseph Goebbels glares at Jewish photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933.

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