1940s photographs

Subject of iconic suicide photo (1923–1947)

iconic photograph picturing the imminent execution of a Jewish man by a Nazi

thumb|Kozarčanka by Georgij "Žorž" Skrigin. The subject of the photo is Milja Marin (). '''''' () is a World War II photograph that became iconic in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Shot by Yugoslav artistic photographer Georgij "Žorž" Skrigin in northern Bosnia during the winter of 1943–44, it shows a smiling female Partisan wearing a Titovka cap and with an MP-40 slung over her shoulder.

photograph by Yousuf Karsh

only known photos of Sobibor extermination camp

photograph by Ansel Adams