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Nour & Lila - Lebanon, 2017

Fay & Jill - Netherlands, 2001

Eva & Ennis - Ireland, 2015

Mary & Isabel - England, 1381

Ghazanfer & Taial - Pakistan, 2018

Eulalie & Ariane - Athens, -403

Victor & Louis - France, 1871 #anachronism

Alisa & Jessica - United States, 2016

Jeanne & Sylvie - France, 2013

Couples across the world and the centuries.

- History in Images I - · · XIX - May 28, 1871 · The vise is tightened and the Commune is losing ground every day, the troops of Versailles continue to advance and kill what is put in their path. On May 26, there is only a small part of the North-East still occupied by insurgents · Many denunciations are made, soldiers tracking people who would not have succumbed to the first shots, they search and search wherever they can. · We execute women, men, children, communards or hostages, if prisoners, the city is ablaze until the Commune occupies more than the surroundings of Belleville . · It is here that everything ends, the troops destroying the last communard barricades, killing in the streets of Paris, the last ones still in struggle. There are an average of 20,000 people shot in a week, May 28 is officially the end of Bloody Week. · · - HiiN -

- History in Images I - · · XVIII - May 23, 1871 · The troops enter Paris on May 21 through the Porte de Saint-Cloud, they begin arrests, executions, and search houses and hospitals. They managed to invade a large part of the South West of Paris the next day, then all the western half of the city. The inhabitants are killed, for the Commune or not, the goal of the troops is to capitulate Paris and nothing else. · Fires are being fired by Communards in important places such as the City Hall and the Palais de Justice, in the hope of slowing down the Versailles troops. · Communards kill heads who have participated in old repressions, or whom they suspect of working for Versailles. · · - HiiN -

- History in Images I - · · XVII - May 16, 1871 · On the 10th of May, the treaty of Frankfurt is signed, putting once and for all an end to the war, and certifying the capitulation of Paris. The Versailles troops are approaching more and more from Paris by the South and the West, occupying important forts. · While the event was to take place on May 5, anniversary of the death of Napoleon, the event is postponed 11 days later. In front of a large number of Parisians, the Vendôme column, the symbol of authority over Paris, is broken at the end of the afternoon. · · - HiiN -

- History in Images I - · · XVI - May 8, 1871 · After the separation of Church and State, the ban on several pro-Versailles newspapers and the disarmament of the National Anti-Communist Guards, the Commune makes a "Declaration to the French people" to explain their program. The declaration reaffirms the desire not to be delivered abroad, opposes the policies of Versailles, establishes a more participative system for citizens, and advocates the establishment of local initiatives building a "common purpose". · "The Women's Union for the Defense of Paris and the care of the wounded" is created on April 11, it is an openly feminist movement that is based on the socialist movement. In particular, they demand equal pay and the right to vote, and actively participate in the Commune. On May 8, a central committee of seven members is appointed in this union, meetings are organized almost every day, adding a feminist point of view to a Commune too masculine. · That same day, the government asks Parisians for help to end the insurgency, and warns of a future action by the army. · · - HiiN -

- History in Images I - · · XV - March 26, 1871 · Events of Parisians, the Friends of the Order, are organized against future elections of the Council of the Commune, postponing several times the date of the elections until March 26. A conflict is triggered on March 22, the National Guards intervene, there will be about thirty dead, largely the members of the Friends of the Order in the middle of some Communards. Part of the population of the West of Paris leaves the city to join the government of Versailles. · After the proclamation of the Municipalities of Marseilles, Lyon, Narbonne, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse and Creusot, the elections to designate the members of the Council of the Paris Commune are organized. A large majority of elected officials are in favor of the Commune, but some borough mayors are also opposed to it. · Two days later, the Council of the Commune takes the place of the Central Committee at the City Hall, the Commune is proclaimed. · · - HiiN -