Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

May 6, 1945

This photo depicts the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Mauthausen was one of the first massive concentration camp complexes in Nazi Germany and was the last to be liberated by the Allies. Along with Gusen I, Mauthausen was classified as "Grade III" concentration camps, meaning that they were the toughest camps for the "incorrigible political enemies of the Reich."

Australia, 1997

A truck unloads prohibited firearms at a scrap-metal yard after the Port Arthur massacre a year earlier. The Port Arthur massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on the 28 and 29 of April 1996. 35 people were murdered and 23 were wounded. The killer, Martin Bryant, pleaded guilty and was given 35 life sentences without the possibility of parole.

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