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‘In 1945, these two soldiers had hiked up into the Austrian Alps and a friend took their picture as they embraced in the snow. One soldier kept these snapshots hidden in a shoebox until the early 1990s when he handed them to a relative, along with the ring that he was wearing in the Alps photo, with the request: “Please keep these safe for me.” According to the relative, the soldier, nearing the end of his life, wanted to preserve the one thing that meant more to him than anything else. He passed away two years later.’

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[–] PupCuir@feddit.online 19 points 11 months ago

I find old photos of LGBT people back in the day very interesting. Since the late 1960's, it feels like it all just started happening around then. Seeing these photos really shifts one's perspective.