by Levke HeedOn May 19, 1993, Simonis took the oath of office in the state parliament in Kiel. On May 19, 1993, the Kiel state parliament became the focus of public interest - far beyond the state borders of Schleswig-Holstein:Heide Simonis was elected Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein with 46 o
by Janine Kühl, NDR.de As an anti-Barschel, Engholm wanted to do politics with his distance from politics, wanted to go down in the history books as the statesman who remained human. Now he is only human. This is how the Spiegel judged on May 10, 1993 about the SPD politician Björn Engholm, who a w
by Jochen Lambernd In his circle of friends and acquaintances he is friendly, polite and nice. But Lutz R.* has another side:he is a dangerous and ruthless sadist. Between 1986 and 1988, the trained furrier from Hamburg-Rahlstedt brutally killed two women and dissolved them in hydrochloric acid. Th
Three Turkish women die in the arson attack in Mölln on November 23, 1992. It is the first racist attack in reunified Germany in which people are killed. It was the night of November 23, 1992, that changed the face of the tranquil Eulenspiegel town of Mölln in Schleswig-Holstein. The then 19-year-o
More than 120 years ago, a narrow-gauge railway trundled along the Brocken in the Harz Mountains. But after the Wall was built in 1961, that came to an end. The trains have only been rolling again since September 15, 1991. The plan was bold - not only in its time. A railway line was to lead to the
On August 27, 1991, a truck rolled over nine-year-old Nicola on Stresemannstrasse. Weeks of protests follow her death. Local residents are thus able to set up a 30 km/h zone. by Wolf-Hendrik Müllenberg, NDR.de It is a sunny afternoon in Hamburg when Strese becomes the street of mourning:August 27,
by Moira LenzDieter Schmidt, Chief Customs Inspector, documented the opening of the border with his camera. The observation tower near Lauenburg was one of the last GDR border posts in northern Germany. It was demolished on February 5, 1991 - the Wall had already been open for 452 days, and the GDR
by Jochen Lambernd August 22, 2009 is supposed to be a very special day for the couple from Ganderkesee near Bremen. It has booked a fantastic sightseeing flight - for 129 euros per person - over the port of Hamburg and is looking forward to a unique view of the gateway to the world. Flight operato
von Hilke JanssenVolkert and Gebauer are accused of breach of trust or incitement to breach of trust in 40 cases. Luxury trips by works councils and prostitutes hired on VWs account - the VW affair of 2005 had shaken up the Wolfsburg-based group. On June 30, 2005, Klaus Volkert, head of the works c
by Florian Wöhrle, NDR.de The willows on the shore are showing their first fresh green, a pair of mallards is reflected in the dark water, making their rounds together on the pool of death. Thats what tabloid newspapers called the pond on Stadionstrasse in Hamburgs Altona district after an animal d
The state elections in 2005 resulted in a narrow, unclear majority in parliament. The CDU in Schleswig-Holstein lost a total of 735 votes in the state elections on February 20, 2005 to join the FDP in government. Although the Christian Democrats are the strongest force, their 30 seats together with
She appreciated her irreverence, the audience loved her as a resolute woman:actress Inge Meysel slipped into many roles for decades. From the salon lady to the cleaning lady to the sneaky murderer, she has played everything - and received a lot of prizes for it:nine Ottos, five Bambis, the Golden C
by Janine Kühl, NDR.deAfter colliding with a container ship on June 28, 2004 in the port of Hamburg, the acid tanker ENA 2 leaked and capsized. It was only supposed to be a routine half-hour trip through the port of Hamburg:On the evening of July 28, 2004, Captain Mike K. cast off from Peutehafen w
The bottleneck effect was read in the investigative report on the Pallas disaster:On October 26, 1998, one day after fire broke out on the timber freighter off the Danish North Sea coast, opportunities and time for actions that caused the Pallas to run aground could have prevented from falling furth
Marion Gräfin Dönhoff was actively involved against the Nazi regime and was considered the most influential German publicist of the post-war period. The native of Hamburg set the course for Zeit. by Stefanie Grossmann The life of Marion Countess Dönhoff was marked by loss, resistance and escape. S
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the USA shook the whole world. It quickly turned out that some of the assassins had lived in Hamburg for years - including death pilot Mohammed Atta. by Marc-Oliver Rehrmann Shortly after the attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City an
On June 27, 2001, greengrocer Süleyman Taşköprü was shot dead in his shop in Hamburg. It was only ten years later that it turned out that the right-wing extremist terrorist gang NSU had murdered the 31-year-old. Why him? by Oliver Diedrich, NDR.de Wednesday, June 27, 2001:Süleyman Taşköprü works i
The manipulation of emissions from diesel vehicles costs VW billions. (theme picture) The emissions scandal brought the Volkswagen Group what is probably the worst crisis in the companys history. After the manipulation of the exhaust emission values for diesel engines in the USA became known, the
Rarely has a weather phenomenon attracted as much attention as Xaver:At the beginning of December 2013, the storm front hit the north. For three days - from December 5th to 7th - strong hurricanes and storm surges kept people in suspense. But despite the collapse of dunes on the coasts, flooding an
In the midst of the corona pandemic, the EHEC crisis has almost been forgotten. But there was great excitement and concern when, from May 2011, bloody diarrheal diseases began to appear, especially in northern Germany. Thousands get sick, 53 people die. When the Berlin Robert Koch Institute (RKI) r
The XVIII Infantry Division (MP) held the extreme left of the Metaxa Line in April 1941. The division with only five battalions held a line 40 km long with only one company in reserve. The forts of Istibey, Kelkagia, Arpalouki and Paliouriones also belonged to the divisions sector. The division had
Olimpia Maidalchini she was born in Viterbo in 1594. From a very young age, she began to be rebellious with the society in which she lived, in which others decided the future of women. Her family, wealthy and not rich, decided that her future would go through serving the Lord… she would be a nun. Fr
Much has been written in recent years about Viking culture. Movies and television series have managed to arouse admiration for this fascinating culture that emerged overnight as a true Ragnaröki against European cultures, to, in the same sudden way, plunge into integration and oblivion. It did not d
The wreckage of a German ju-87 Stuka aircraft, identified at the bottom of the Karpathos, sheds light on a tragic story from the Second World War. As it emerged from the underwater and historical research of the researcher Costas Thoktaridis and the Planet Blue team, the Junkers Stuka aircraft crash