History of Europe

• Nazi raid:How Nazis plundered Jewish emigrants

  Fleeing from the Nazi regime, Jews were not only robbed of their homeland, all of their belongings were also auctioned off in Hamburg, among other places. The Nazis made millions with it. Victims and descendants are still fighting for their property. by Sophia Münder-Führing Thousands of pages of

• Action Vermin:Expelled from the GDR border area

  70 years ago, more than 2,000 people in Mecklenburg lost their homes. In the course of the creation of a restricted zone on the inner-German border, the Stasi assessed them as politically unreliable, picked them up and resettled them - under the code name Action Vermin. by Petra Heissen Marie-Luis

• Naked, free, vegetarian:visions of a radically different life

  Away from the demands of the big city and the pressure to perform of capitalism:In the 1920s, nudist facilities were built in Mecklenburg, Holstein and the Lüneburg Heath. Some settler families live in the Jungmöhl all year round. by Heiko Kreft Noise, dirt, crowds:Germanys big cities after 1900 a

• Myth of the Varus Battle:How did the Germans defeat the Romans?

  In the year 9 AD, the Germans under Arminius defeat the troops of the Roman general Varus. Later, the battle is transfigured into myth. And there are still open questions. The Varus Battle Museum in Kalkriese has been offering insights for 20 years. Varus, Varus, give me back my legions!, the Roman

• In the footsteps of the Roman battle on the Harzhorn

  Archaeologists have already found more than 2,700 individual parts on the Harzhorn. It was amateur archaeologists who discovered rusty iron bolts on the Harzhorn in southern Lower Saxony in 2000. They suspected the potential value of their find and submitted it to experts for appraisal. A little la

• From the distant past:the caves of Bad Grund

  A journey into the history of the earth and mankind as well as the fascinating world of caves - thats what awaits visitors near the Harz town of Bad Grund. The Cave Experience Center on the Iberg is a special kind of museum and consists of three parts. The museum on the mountain This replica is said

• The Mystery of the Megalithic Tombs

  A typical dolmen:the stone setting with a cover plate. They are found in numerous forests in northern Germany:accumulations of huge boulders. Sometimes circular, sometimes oblong, not always with a capstone. Sometimes they are surrounded by a mound of earth - sometimes half buried under sand, moss

• Admire the oldest spears known to man

  Our ancestors used these 300,000-year-old spears to hunt. It was an archaeological sensation:in 1994, during excavations in the small town of Schöningen near Helmstedt, researchers came across eight completely preserved wooden hunting weapons. What is special:the spears are around 300,000 years old

• The legendary death of the pirate Klaus Störtebeker

  Mysteries still surround the life of the pirate Klaus Störtebeker - and also his death. On October 20, 1401 he is said to have been beheaded on Grasbrook in Hamburg. The motto of the pirates is carved in stone on the base of the Störtebeker monument on Hamburgs Grasbrook:Gods friend, the worlds ene

• The Grote Mandränke:Fateful Floods 1362 and 1634

  Storm surges have always accompanied the history of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1362 and 1634, two devastating storm surges devastated the North Sea coast, known as the Grote Mandränke - the great drowning. They reshape the coastline. by Susanne Abolins-Aufderheide If you dont want to dike, you have to

• Henry the Lion - A Bavarian shapes the north

  In the middle of the 12th century, the duke, who came from the south, expands his power in the north. In 1142 he took over Braunschweig. In 1195 he died in his residence city of Brunswick. Not only in front of Dankwarderode Castle in Braunschweig, but also in front of the cathedral churches in Lübe

• Max Planck:discoverer of quantum theory and Nobel Prize winner

  Restrained and modest - and nevertheless a revolutionary:Max Planck shook the world view of classical physics and laid a decisive foundation for modern science and technology. On April 23, 1858 Max Planck is born in Kiel, the son of the law professor Wilhelm Planck. In 1867 the father received a c

• Rudolf Eucken:The Forgotten Nobel Prize Winner

  Astrid Reinberger, NDR.deNobel prize winner Rudolf C. Eucken wrote important religious-philosophical writings. Rudolf Christoph Eucken - he is considered the founder of New Idealism. If one mentions the name Eucken, many people think of the economist Walter Eucken, son of Rudolf Christoph Eucken; t

• From blind mole to deadly weapon

  by Dirk Hempel, NDR.deThe first submarine of the Imperial Navy U 1 on a sea trial. On August 4, 1906, the first submarine of the Imperial Navy glided into the water at the Krupp Germania shipyard in Kiel - technically a masterpiece. The engineers and workers in Kiel worked feverishly on the prototy

• Waste incineration:Since waste has been turned into electricity and hot air

  In the 19th century, Hamburgs population grew rapidly and one problem escalated - waste disposal. A new era begins on January 1, 1896:Hamburg is the first city on the continent to put a waste incineration plant into operation. by Oliver Diedrich, NDR.de As early as 1892, the senate of the citizenr

• Raging Roland:Full steam ahead leisurely across Rügen

  The history of the Rügen small railway Rasender Roland goes back to the end of the 19th century. On July 21, 1895, the first train ran from Putbus to Binz. Meanwhile, the narrow-gauge railway takes tourists across the island. by Carina Werner Wilhelm von Humboldt called his trip through Rügen tort

• Three days of pomp:the emperor's new canal is opened

  Not only the construction of the Kiel Canal is a milestone, the opening in 1895 is also an event of superlatives. Kaiser Wilhelm II wishes a fitting celebration for the prestige project of the German Empire. A three-day, million-dollar festival that begins on June 19, 1895 in Hamburg is at state ex

• From the friendship regatta to a major event

  The Kiel Week around 1905:ships on the fjord fired a gun salute. Summer 1881:Two men are curiously watching what is happening at sea. While hardly anyone in Kiel takes any notice of the small friendship regatta on the Förde, two Hamburg sailors take a close look. The chairman of the North German Re

• The end of the Kingdom of Hanover

  In Langensalza, a rider monument commemorates the costly battle in the 19th century. The history of todays Lower Saxony is closely linked to the ruling family of the Guelphs and their connections to Great Britain. In northern Germany, their sphere of influence at times extends from East Friesland t

• German-Danish War 1864:In God's Name on it

  On February 1, 1864, the war between Denmark, Prussia and Austria for the national affiliation of Schleswig and Holstein begins. It ends in the same year. by Carina Werner While Hans Christian Andersen fears that all of Denmark will fall under German rule, Theodor Fontane celebrates the battles wo