The old pier - here around 1924 - was both a pier and a promenade. A fire destroyed the building in 1957. At 508 meters, it is the longest of its kind in Germany:the Heringsdorf pier on the island of Usedom. 300 meters of the entire structure lead over the water of the Baltic Sea. Todays pier was i
A spectacular hostage-taking kept Lower Saxony in suspense for two days from May 21, 1995:Two prisoners escaped from Celles high-security prison and have a guard in their power. It is a Sunday morning when Peter S. and Günther F. are in the prison library. The two are in Celle, in the maximum secur
by Irene Altenmüller, NDR.de Bad disparagement of former German soldiers or overdue processing of historical facts? Rarely has an exhibition polarized visitors, the media and politicians in Germany as much as the Wehrmacht exhibition that opened 25 years ago, exactly on March 5, 1995, in Hamburg un
The first agreements with Siemens-Nixdorf were signed in August 1994. (Scene with copies of the original documents recreated from filmed material NDR) In the summer of 1994, a scandal began in Schwerin that would cause a stir in the state capital for many years to come. In the center:the new financ
On June 13, 1992, Karstadt received a blackmail letter, shortly afterwards a pipe bomb exploded in a Hamburg branch. Blackmailer Dagobert fooled the police for around two years until he was caught in a Berlin phone booth on April 22, 1994. In June 1992, a strange advertisement appeared in the Hambu
by Henning Strüber, NDR.de Children stood at the edge of the runway to say goodbye. They covered their ears with one hand and waved at the passing pilots with the other. On April 11, 1994, the last MiG 29 took off from Pütnitz airfield in Ribnitz-Damgarten. The 48 jets of the 16th Fighter Division
When the first spectators were admitted, the painter was still standing on the stage and painting the last scenery. There were benches for spectators on the unpaved slope. And every pyrotechnic effect was an experiment with an unknown outcome. The first Störtebeker Festival began on July 3, 1993 in
In the early hours of January 14, 1993, the Jan Heweliusz sank in the Baltic Sea with 55 people on board. A ships hull drifting in the choppy sea. Thats all the rescue workers see when they arrive at the wrecked ferry Jan Heweliusz on the morning of January 14, 1993. Some life rafts are floating ne
It was the evening of August 29, 1992 when a bomb exploded near the Marktkirche in Hanover. The streets are full:its the old town festival. The explosive device is hidden in a rubbish bin that hangs on many lampposts. The detonation injured 20 people, some seriously. Four weeks later - on September
Right-wingers throw stones and Molotov cocktails, residents applaud:starting August 22, 1992, brutal attacks on foreigners in Rostock-Lichtenhagen continued for days. Politicians and the police are overwhelmed. There were riots with advance notice:In the night from Saturday to Sunday were cleaning
It only takes 15 minutes for the Council for Mutual Economic Aid on June 28, 1991 to officially be history, one of the most important economic alliances of the post-war period at an end. The RGW had decisively determined the economy of the GDR and the Eastern Bloc. by Matthias Judt, guest author T
Although Rostock is the largest city in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Schwerin wins the vote for the seat of the state capital in October 1990. A plus point:the view of a plenary hall in the castle. by Christian Kahlstorff 40 votes for Schwerin, 25 for Rostock, one abstention - with this result, on
30 years ago, the citizens of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania elected their first free state parliament. The mood in the country is difficult to predict, the outcome is open until the end. After the Volkskammer elections and the local elections, as a result of the reunification, only a few days after
With the end of the GDR on October 3, 1990, the NVA was also dissolved, and the bases in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, among others, were gradually closed. A look at the history of the force and whats left. On March 1, 1956, the National Peoples Army (NVA) was founded in the GDR. Willi Stoph, the
When Germany was one again 329 days after the fall of the Wall, the reunification of the two German states is complete on October 3, 1990:the GDR joins the Federal Republic - the day of German unity. There was a lot of controversy about the date. The Peoples Chamber declares the accession of the G
In 1990, with just 800 visitors, what is now the most famous heavy metal festival in the world began:the Wacken Open Air. A look at the first summer - and everything that followed. Guitar riffs and tens of thousands of metal fans instead of church bells and tractor engines:Wacken Open Air has perma
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, former GDR citizens began to call for the hard D-Mark. On July 1, 1990, the Economic and Monetary Union came into force. With severe consequences for the Eastern economy. by Viktoria Urmersbach In 1990, many politicians predicted that the stream of emigrants from
In March 1990 the first and last democratic elections to the Peoples Chamber took place. The participation set an exclamation mark with 93 percent. The surprising result meant the end of the GDR. by Kathrin Matern and Siv Stippekohl On the morning of March 18, 1990, voters queue in front of the pol
VIDEO: The Scar:The Eschede Train Crash (44 min) ICE accident in Eschede:A catastrophe and its consequences On June 3, 1998, the worst train accident in the Federal Republic to date occurs in Eschede, with 101 dead and 105 injured. The reconstruction of a catastrophe - and how those responsible at
by Katja WeisePeter Zadek has been invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen 21 times - more than anyone else. Even during his lifetime, Peter Zadek was a legend. Also and precisely because many of his productions often deeply divided audiences and critics. His Hamburg Lulu, perhaps his most famous prod
On October 28, the Italians marched into the Pindos sector with the 3rd Alpinist Division Julia. The Italian Alpinists pushed back the Greek part of the Pindos Detachment and created, within the following days, a very dangerous enclave for the Greek formation. The Greek headquarters reacted by sendi
Υπάρχουν ορισμένες μορφές στην ιστορία που ως διάττοντες αστέρες φωτίζουν και χάνονται, αφήνοντας όμως πίσω τους ζωηρή τη μνήμη. Μια τέτοια μορφή ήταν και ο Κατσαντώνης. Ο Αντώνης Μακρυγιάννης γεννήθηκε στο χωριό Μάραθος των Αγράφων. Ορισμένοι αναφέρουν πάντως ότι γεννήθηκε στο Βασταβέτσι της Ηπείρο
The Beagle , under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, left Davenport (England) on December 27, 1831 with a team of botanists, naturalists, physicists... (among whom was Charles Darwin ). The British Crown sponsored this scientific and geographical exploration expedition. They skirted the Cana
The path in the fight towards equality between men and women is littered with figures who made a name for themselves in history in their efforts to achieve that goal. Today I want to talk to you about one of those women, who for more than sixty years fought hard for equality between the sexes and wh