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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The visitor to the plain of Paramythia, where the area is called airport, will hardly realize that about seven decades ago, the quiet of the small valley was awakened by the hum of engines and that some of the most brilliant pages of the Aviation History of the Second World War in Greece. There was
The declaration of the First Balkan War on October 5, 1912, found the Greek Navy reinforced. Opposite him stood the powerful Turkish navy, ready to challenge their supremacy in the Aegean and to help reinforce the fighting divisions of the Turkish Army with Asiatic troops of the Empire. The Turkish
I continue this article where I left off in the previous entry:the myth of the independence of the county of Castile (I) 2.- Appropriation of the myth by the historiography of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th The supposed Castilian independence served as a great loudspeaker and the
As its name indicates, it was the eighth month of the Roman calendar . In the old republican iconography this month was represented as a hunter, with a hare at his feet, birds above him and a pond in the background. In Imperial times it was represented covered with deciduous leaves, since it was in