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Nazi leader Richard Foerster passionately preached Hitler’s teachings to Korean schoolchildren and gifted them signed photos of Hitler as they gave him a “Heil Hitler” salute on a train to Seoul (May 11, 1939)

2026-05-13

In May 1939, Imperial authorities selected 29 of the best and brightest elementary schoolchildren from across Korea and “rewarded” them

Foreign Visitors

‘Hitler’s right-hand man’ Richard Foerster and Nazi editor Peter Winkelnkemper enjoy Korean cuisine and kisaeng entertainment at a Seoul press banquet, May 11, 1939

2026-05-09

It is May 11, 1939 between 7 and 9 p.m. at a high-end restaurant in colonial Seoul hosted a banquet

Foreign Visitors

In May 1939, a Nazi German newspaper delegation toured colonial Korea and was welcomed in Seoul with swastika flags, shrine visits, and official receptions

2026-05-05

These news articles document a high-profile world tour by a Nazi German newspaper delegation which visited Korea (Busan, Daegu, Daejeon,

Foreign Residents

Russian Tatar man wearing and selling Imperial Japanese “National Uniform” in colonial Seoul (March 1941)

2026-04-15

This photo features a Russian Tatar clothing retailer in 1941 Seoul dressed in National Uniform Type B (国民服乙号型) and holding

Foreign Residents

Russian Tatar refugee Shamshinoor Nugman in colonial Seoul after fleeing the Bolsheviks with the White Russians (November 1941)

2026-04-11

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This 1941 article introduces Mrs. Shamshinoor Nugman, a Russian Tatar refugee living in colonial Seoul. The immediate occasion for the

Korean Royal Family

Delegation from Fascist Spain visiting the Yi Royal Household Museum of Art in colonial Seoul, 1940

2026-04-06

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This is a July 1940 news article about a formal visit to Japanese-ruled Seoul by a delegation from Francoist Spain,

Food Shortages

Smiling Korean family gives “profound thanks” to Governor Abe Nobuyuki for increasing their rice rations, vowing to repay his “parental concern” with increased production for Imperial Japan’s war effort (August 18, 1944)

2026-03-26

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This propaganda news photo, published in August 1944, shows a Korean family beaming with happiness and expressing gratitude to the

Philosophy

“Think of Koiso as your father”, Governor-General Koiso tells Korean conscripts as they are sent off to war (Jan 1944)

2026-03-11

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Governor-General Koiso, the colonial ruler of Korea from 1942 to 1944, appears in a quintessentially authoritarian strongman photo montage in

Imperial Way

When all of Korea was forced to bow to Ise Grand Shrine and vow before the Shinto gods to annihilate Imperial Japan’s enemies: a chilling moment at 1:22 PM on December 12, 1943

2026-01-22

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On December 12, 1943, during one of the darkest chapters of Imperial Japanese colonial rule over Korea, the entire peninsula

Daily Life

Daughter of collaborator 이진호 (李軫鎬) promoted as model Korean woman devoting unpaid labor to Imperial Japan’s war effort (Seoul, February 6, 1944)

2026-01-16

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This article is yet another example of “model Korean” propaganda, which props up an exemplary Korean collaborator as a model