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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.)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The American Revolution was bitter and bloody. Yet founding father John Adams defended British soldiers in court. During the Boston Massacre, eight Br

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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

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President Lincoln described the battle of Fredericksburg as butchery. It was also a time when Union and Confederate soldiers made friends. The two a

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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'

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Richard I and Sultan Saladin were bitter enemies during the Crusades. Yet Saladin saved Richard's life. During one campaign, King Richard found himsel

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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

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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

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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

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British and German soldiers engaged in bloody warfare during WWi. Yet they celebrated Christmas together. On Christmas Eve of 1914, the German frontli

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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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