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Black and white photo of Lucy staring into the camera with a smirk, holding an eagle badge between her teeth. She is wearing a head scarf, a vest and a loose coat, and she is leaning against a door frame with her hands in her pockets. Text under the photo says Lucy after the war with Karlchen's "dirty bird" [the soldier called it that], ca. 1945. Courtesy if the Jersey Heritage Collections

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Black and white photo of Lucy staring into the camera with a smirk, holding an eagle badge between her teeth. She is wearing a head scarf, a vest and a loose coat, and she is leaning against a door frame with her hands in her pockets. Text under the photo says Lucy after the war with Karlchen's "dirty bird" [the soldier called it that], ca. 1945. Courtesy if the Jersey Heritage Collections
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Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág (tarkabarkaholgy@ohai.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Oct-2025 16:19:37 JST Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

I think this is the most badass photo I have ever seen.
Lucy Schwob, alias Claude Cahun, French-Jewish genderfluid surrealist artist, in her 50s, after being released from Nazi prison. For years during the occupation of Jersey she ran a covert pamphlet campaign with her girlfriend.
She is holding a German eagle between her teeth. She got it from a German soldier who tore it off his uniform.
From Paper Bullets by Jeffrey H. Jackson
#image #resistance #history #queer #lgbtq #books #bookstodon

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