20 Collaborations Between The Last People You'd Expect

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20 Collaborations Between The Last People You'd Expect

History's darkest moments can create adversaries for life. But amidst the hate or the violence or both, sometimes amazing friendships are born -- between enemies.

These are those stories.

(As always, thanks to AuntieMeme for the magic she works putting these together.)

The relationship between Christians and Muslims in Egypt is strained, at best. T bt 23 + Yet Muslims protected Christians going to church. In the wake
The rivalry between Microsoft and Apple is bitter and legendary. But in '97, Microsoft saved Apple from bankruptcy. Apple had been trying to sue Bill
Christo Brand was Nelson Mandela's prison guard. Against all odds, the pair became fast friends. Brand was a firm believer in Apartheid, but Mandela's
Ernst Hess was a Jewish man living in Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler protected him from the Gestapo. Because Hess had a Jewish mother, he was treated like
A high-powered attorney passed a homeless man on his way to work each day. The two of them wound up starting a book club. It started when Peter Resnik
The American Revolution was bitter and bloody. Yet founding father John Adams defended British soldiers in court. During the Boston Massacre, eight Br
A drug-addicted convict and an appeals judge seem like natural enemies. But these two share a life-changing friendship. Michael Banyard is a former ga
President Lincoln described the battle of Fredericksburg as butchery. It was also a time when Union and Confederate soldiers made friends. The two a
Former pOW Eric Lomax set out to kill the man who had tortured him. But when they met, the two became good friends. LomaX was a British Army officer w
In 1971, a KKK member was sent to sabotage an activist's work on desegregation. The two joined forces to fight racial injustice. Black civil rights ac

World War II

In 1942, Nobuo Fujita fire- bombed BrookiNGS, Oregon. The city went on to make him an honorary citizen. Fujita was actually the only wartime enemy to
When he was a boy, Chris Carrier was kidnapped, tortured, and left for dead. He went on to become his kidnapper's only friend. In 1971, David McAllist
Coke and Pepsi are probably the best-known corporate rivals. 0o CLASSIC CLASSIC PEDG Coca-Cola PEPSLCEm Coca-Cola PEPSI PEPSI Yet Pepsi protected Coke
In 1982, Ted Morris was killed by a drunk driver. His parents wound up mentoring that driver. Despite the fatality, Tommy Pigage received five years'
Richard I and Sultan Saladin were bitter enemies during the Crusades. Yet Saladin saved Richard's life. During one campaign, King Richard found himsel
Daryl Davis owns over 20 Ku Klux Klan robes. Their original owners gave them to him as a gesture of friendship. Davis is a musician, and in 1983 he pl
Charles Brown and Franz Stigler were enemy pilots during World War II. Yet Stigler escorted Brown's plane to safety. A December 1943 attack on Brown's
During the Rwandan genocide, Alice Mukarurinda lost her daughter and her right hand. She and her attacker went on to run a charity together. Emmanuel
British and German soldiers engaged in bloody warfare during WWi. Yet they celebrated Christmas together. On Christmas Eve of 1914, the German frontli
In 1981, a violent skinhead beat a gay teenager and left him for dead. Today, they work together against intolerance. Timothy Zaal was roaming the str

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