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No, These Baby Helmets Are Not Protecting The World’s First Tiny Astronauts

In Focus picks up its multi-part World War 2 photo series with the Invasion of Poland and the Winter War. Tucked in the set is this photo, above, that depicts British babies wearing protective respirators in 1939. [In Focus

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    ozoneocean

    Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 4:40 AM

    Chilling when you think of Auschwitz-Birkenau… no respirators to protect their babies there. Makes me pretty sad looking at this pic.

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