On 28 January 1901 the great musician Giuseppe Verdi died from the consequences of a stroke that had struck him six days earlier. These very rare images, captured in Milan on 27 February 1901 by the operator and pioneer of Milanese cinema Italo Pacchioni, document the transfer of the Maestro's body from the Monumental Cemetery of Milan to the famous retirement home for musicians which he himself founded.

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The documentary of the Nuremberg War Trials of 21 Nazi dignitaries held after World War II.
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They come from all walks of life and have lived for almost a century. They have lived through the up...

The SS chief Heinrich Himmler wanted to exchange Jews against so-called German Reich abroad, against...
