The great moments of contemporary history: Photos that moved the world document significant moments of the 20th and 21st centuries. Here, those photographs find their place that have become iconic symbols: among them, Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" (1936), the famous image of the naked Vietnamese girl fleeing from the American napalm attack (1972), the cheering crowd at the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in November 1989, the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, or the destruction caused by the devastating tsunami in Japan in 2011. The volume showcases over 100 masterpieces of photojournalism: images that have been honored with the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and World Press Award stand alongside outstanding snapshots by unknown photographers. What they all have in common is that they have become milestones of collective memory.