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Veterans display their wars through ink and art

Culture

A tattoo often comes with a story. And with many American veterans unable or unwilling to tell their stories in words, a pair of veterans have started collecting the stories behind the tattoos to help people understand the wars they fought.

The eyes tattooed on this Soviet prisoner's chest signify "I can see everything" and "I am watching," the powerful tattoo of a criminal "overseer." The eight-pointed stars tattooed on the shoulders mark the bearer as an "authoritative’" thief.

What it means when you see a Russian guy with a knife tattooed on his neck

Culture

Getting Inked: The Story Behind Traditional Maori Tattoos

Arts, Culture & Media

Israeli son honors Holocaust-surviving father with identical tattoo

Tattoo Culture Along the Texas-Mexico Border

Arts, Culture & Media
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Auschwitz Concentration Camp Tattoo Shared by Father and Son

Arts, Culture & Media

Israelis mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday to commemorate the six million Jewish victims of World War II. Reporter Daniel Estrin met one Israeli man who undertook a personal act of remembrance despite the objections of his father.

Greece, Saved or Sacrificed?

The ink is not yet dry on the Greek rescue deal and the gloom has already returned. How can it be that after months of arduous, often acrimonious brinkmanship no one thinks this latest accord is good enough? […]

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Harvesting Tattoo Ink, not Coca

A U.S-funded program in Colombia offers farmer a legal alternative to growing coca– harvesting the blue pulp from the fruit of the jagua trees and selling it overseas as ink for temporary tattoos.

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