A Different Kind of “Avengers”
Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ might be one of the biggest blockbuster movie series of all time, but a long time ago there was a different group of real-life superheroes that also went by the same name. These avengers are a group of Jewish assassins that worked to hunt down Nazi officers who committed atrocities during the course of World War II. This photograph is the only documented evidence of the gang, who preferred to keep a low profile. They were fictionalized in the Academy Award-winning film ‘Inglourious Basterds’ back in 2009.
A Different Kind Of Avengers
Don’t Look Down
Who knew that anybody could be as courageous as the woman in the picture below? In this iconic shot, she is seen making her way across a highwire right above Heumarkt in Cologne back in the late 1940’s. The snap was taken by one of her accomplices, and the event was widely publicized by the local media too. Thankfully, she made it all the way across without plunging to what would have been an imminent death otherwise.
Dont Look Down
