In Altona, there was a factory. Many a man went there as a philistine and came back as a human being, cabaret artist Hans Scheibner once rhymed. He means the factory in Hamburg. Opened in June 1971 in a former machine and munitions factory, it is the first culture and communication center in Germany
Willy Brandts Ostpolitik and the kneeling in Warsaw From 1969, as Federal Chancellor, Willy Brandt campaigned for understanding with Eastern Europe and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this. By kneeling in Warsaw on December 7, 1970, he asked for forgiveness on behalf of the Germans for the cr
It was to be the German Woodstock:Thousands of hippies made the pilgrimage to the Love &Peace Festival in Fehmarn in 1970 to pay homage to their guitar god:Jimi Hendrix. It will be his last festival gig. by Sabine Leipertz One year after Woodstock, in September 1970, three North Germans want to wr
Bombs and Dead:The History of the RAF The origins of the RAF lie in the 1968 movement. Then the Red Army Faction developed into the most brutal terror group in the Federal Republic. After almost 30 years, it disbanded in 1998. The Red Army Faction (RAF) was founded in spring 1970 around Andreas Ba
At the end of 1989, when employees of the Stasi authority in Rostock wanted to make files disappear, they were prevented from doing so by demonstrators. Gerhard Rogge remembers the day that changed his life. by Ilka Kreutzträger After a vigil in Rostock, the demonstrators went to the Stasi headquar
Assault rifles, Kalashnikovs, pistols and pallets of ammunition:On December 2nd, 1989, residents of Kavelstorf found a secret weapons store - and thus uncovered the arms trade in the GDR. by Andrea Haase The residents of the tranquil village of Kavelstorf near Rostock have long thought that someth
by Thorsten Philipps, NDR 1 wave NordSchlutup on November 10, 1989:German-German greeting at the Schlutup border crossing. I heard a strange rattling sound, then suddenly the first Trabi came out of the glaring headlights, Horst Schwanke from Schlutup recalls on the evening of November 9, 1989 is t
An appearance with consequences:after Günter Schabowski announced the new travel regulations on television, the border falls. A piece of paper brought down a dictatorship:on the morning of November 9, 1989, the high-ranking functionary Gerhard Lauter - colonel of the Peoples Police - drafted new tr
by Wolf-Hendrik Müllenberg, NDR.de Outside, the autumn wind blows around the walls of the Rote Flora, while inside, a Deichkind beat rattles out of the speakers. Riot and Remmi Demmi! the hip hoppers rap there. But in the bar of the left-wing autonomous cultural center in Hamburgs Schanzenviertel,
Autumn 1989 in goods. Its still quiet. But in the course of October, the first protests against the SED regime in the northeast developed on the Müritz. (archive image) On October 7, 1989, the 40th birthday of the GDR, it was still quiet in Waren (Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district). Loud protest
On the Gorch Fock, the German Navys sailing training ship, there has been equality since the late 1980s:on September 14, 1989, women went on a training trip for the first time. by Susanne Abolins-Aufderheide This means that the socio-political change is also taking place on the traditional sailing
by Daniel Hoffman Comic artist Brösel alias Rötger Feldmann, born in Lübeck-Travemünde, became famous above all with his Werner comics - and they didnt just write history on paper. The first Werner race, which was to become a legend, started in 1988 in Hartenholm with the souped-up Horex from Bröse
by Lasko Werner August 16, 1988, just before 8 a.m.:31-year-old Hans-Jürgen Rösner and 32-year-old Dieter Degowski rob a bank in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia. When they are surrounded by the police, they take two employees hostage. During the night they are allowed to leave with the hostages an
by Marc-Oliver Rehrmann, NDR.deAfter 14 months in prison, Rust returned to Germany in August 1988. The Wedel sports pilot Mathias Rust is free again. Thus, on August 3, 1988, the 8 p.m. program of the Tagesschau begins. It goes on to say:At the moment he is on his way home, this time as a passenger
by Oliver Kleber Anyone who knows Hamburg knows that surviving a cloudy autumn day on the Alster and Elbe requires North German serenity. And of all guests from a European country with traditionally even worse weather are supposed to bring a little sparkle into the gray everyday life of Hamburg res
by Gabriele DeneckeMathias Rust set off for Moscow in 1987 with a peace plan in his luggage. The Muscovites cant believe their eyes:a German sports plane is circling over Red Square, within reach. Its May 28, 1987 and the world has a new sensation. 18-year-old Mathias Rust from Wedel managed to pen
On October 31, 1986, the people of Hamburg gave their future museum ship an enthusiastic welcome. Thousands make a pilgrimage to the Elbe to greet the Cap San Diego. Today the worlds largest seaworthy museum cargo ship is part of the harbor panorama. The sound of ship horns, a brass band concert by
by Levke Heed, NDR.deFerdinand Denzien, last West German lighthouse keeper, turns off the light in 1986. Ready to extinguish - Eckernförde beacon. Delete Eckernförde beacon, says the district headquarters in Travemünde. Just in time for sunset on September 30, 1986, lighthouse keeper Ferdinand Denz
After the Chernobyl reactor accident on April 26, 1986, a radioactive cloud descended on Germany. The disaster hit the Federal Republic and the GDR unprepared. There are no contingency plans. by Irene Altenmüller April 26, 1986, 1:23 am local time:A reactor explodes in the Soviet Chernobyl nuclear
In the 1980s, a brutal pimp war raged in Hamburg. An important witness is professional killer Werner Pinzner. After his arrest, he gives full testimony, but then causes a bloodbath. by Ada from the blankets July 29, 1986:At the Hamburg police headquarters, contract killer Werner Mucki Pinzner pull
Lieutenant General Georgios Kaimaras was one of the pioneers of the guerrilla movement in Roumeli. With the rank of captain, he joined the EKKA organization of colonel Dimitrios Psarros and fought against the Italian and German invaders before 5/42 was disbanded for the third and bloodiest time by t
Im not talking about an adaptation of the television series No one lives here based on Ancient Rome, which, by the way, would not be bad at all, but on Satire III (There is no one who lives in Rome ) of the Roman poet Juvenal (1st and 2nd centuries), where he denounces the social situation of a deca
Mark Antony, who appeared in the late 1st century of the Caesars Civil War, seems to be quite a celebrity because he appears in Shakespeares famous play Anthony and Cleopatra. I cant even defend it. Head and body are like gladiators Cicero, who is said to be the greatest philosopher in Rome, des
Intro Terrible time than this, the great Roman Empire crumbles to disappear, the great emperors have lost their panache. The Germanic tribes extended, they pushed back the frontiers of the Empire. The Roman legions lost their effectiveness in the face of barbarian fervor. This period is dark and en