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Solomon Nunes Carvalho - Painter, Photographer, Author and Inventor

Artist who risked his life to document the American Northwest in the 1850s...
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Ronnie Stern – NHL Enforcer

NHL right winger and enforcer who spent much of his time in the penalty box.

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NHL Enforcer

Emma Goldman – Activist, Revolutionary, Anarchist

Radical activist, thinker, and advocate for women's rights

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Activist, Revolutionary, Anarchist

Hannah Szenes – Anti Nazi Operative

Paratrooper and undercover operative who during World War II was dropped behind enemy lines - withstood extreme torture

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Anti Nazi Operative

Mordechai Anielewicz – Resistance Fighter

Mordechai Anielewicz led the Jewish resistance against the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto.

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Resistance Fighter

Emil Bessels – Arctic Explorer

Emil Bessels was a German/American Artic Explorer whose most famous trip to the Artic ended up with him being charged with murder

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Arctic Explorer