In 1967, at a ceremony at the University of Hamburg, two law students unfurled a slogan that became the rallying cry of the student movement:Under the gowns musty smell of 1,000 years. The Hamburg Auditorium Maximum is occupied to the last seat on November 9, 1967, the day of the official handover
Willy Brandt starts German color television in the hope of many peacefully colorful but also excitingly colorful events. On August 25, 1967, Vice Chancellor Willy Brandt stands smiling in front of cameras running on the grounds of the International Consumer Electronics Fair in Berlin. His hand rest
by Dirk Hempel, NDR.deUpon arrival in Fuhlsbüttel on June 3, 1967, the imperial couple waves to onlookers. In the western tabloid press, they are considered a glamorous dream couple who give Persia a modern face:Shah Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Diba. In the spring of 1967, the imperial couple v
In the 1960s people danced in the Star-Palast in Kiel. The concept was new back then, live music every night. Above all, the performance by guitar legend Jimi Hendrix is unforgettable to this day. by Stefanie Döscher The glasses and ashtrays rattle on the tables, the sounds of Hey Joe boom out o
Ecstatic teenagers, exhausted police officers:On June 26, 1966, the Beatles gave two lightning concerts in Hamburg - and all hell broke loose in the Hanseatic city. It should be the last performances of the mushroom heads in Hamburg. by Maya Ueckert Ahrensburg station, June 26, 1966, 5:30 a.m. A d
How the world got into the box by Thomas Jähn, NDR.de In 1966, the US container ship Fairland of the Sea-Land shipping company calls at Europe for the first time and moors in Bremens Überseehafen on May 5th. The first containers to reach Germany are on board. Within a few years, the steel crate rev
On their first tour of Germany, the Rolling Stones also play in Hamburgs Ernst Merck Hall. But at the end of the two concerts on September 13, 1965, hardly a stone was left unturned. Record:47 arrests and eight injured. by Maya Ueckert September 13, 1965, midday, Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport. About
In the fall of 1963, Lengede achieved notoriety:129 miners were buried in the mine, only 89 could be saved. Ten days later, the miracle happens:the rescue workers find eleven survivors. by Astrid Reinberger Thursday, October 24, 1963:The second shift in the Lengede ore mine near Salzgitter in Lowe
The Beatles played at the opening on April 13, 1962, and later also Jimi Hendrix:music history was written in Hamburgs Star Club. But in 1969 it was over again. On the 55th anniversary of the opening, NDR.de spoke to photographer Robert Günther in 2017, who experienced the intense time up close. by
28 people die and around 100 are injured, some seriously, when an S-Bahn crashes into a parked construction train in Hamburg on October 5, 1961. The devastating accident caused nationwide horror. by Jochen Lambernd I failed. I forgot the construction train, said Alfred Messer, then 57-year-old Chi
On October 3, 1961, at six in the morning, there was a sudden banging on her front door. The Klatt family is still in bed. But not for long:several peoples police officers and employees of the state security storm in, three trucks are parked in the yard. Questions are not welcome! is the first sente
On August 13, 1961, the GDR army and police began sealing off the borders within Berlin. Barbed wire is quickly followed by stones. A wall is built that seals the division of Berlin. by Sebastian Theby In the early morning of August 13, 1961, the Cold War is approaching freezing point. The Nationa
On September 4, 1960, 15 years after the end of the Second World War, the first new synagogue building in Hamburg after the war was inaugurated. The foundation stone had been laid two years earlier, exactly 20 years after the Reichspogromnacht. by Vivienne Schumacher In remembrance and in remembra
On August 17, 1960, the Beatles performed on a Hamburg stage for the first time. The concert in the Indra is not a success - nevertheless, the people of Liverpool are developing into world stars in the rough neighborhood. by Heiko Block, NDR.de Music history is written in Hamburg on this day:John
A devastating fire on July 19, 1960 in the Hannoversche Treue mine costs the lives of 33 miners. Only investigations by the police uncover the cause of the fire underground. The last of the missing buddies is only recovered from a depth of 340 meters days after the accident. Albert Biewer is dead -
On Good Friday, April 15, 1960, opponents of nuclear war start the first Easter march in Germany. It heralds the beginning of a new movement. In view of the war in the Ukraine, it has seen a little more interest than last time. It was a terrible day, with slush and cold. We stood in Braunschweig wi
It is considered the bridge of peace to Scandinavia and created the basis for the Vogelfluglinie. It has been a listed building since 1999 and is to be preserved for slow traffic even after the construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel. by Christoph Heinzle, NDR Info Federal Transport Minister Hans-C
From February 16 to 17, 1962, Hamburg was hit by the worst storm surge in the citys history. After a number of dike breaches, around a sixth of the Hanseatic city is flooded. The water surprises many in their sleep, hundreds of people die. The storm surge in February 1962 claimed 315 lives in Hambu
Around 100,000 people demonstrated against nuclear power in Hanover on March 31, 1979 - among them a number of farmers who had been traveling from the Wendland for days with their tractors. When a reactor accident occurred in the US nuclear power plant in Harrisburg on March 28, 1979, hundreds of f
by Henning Strüber, NDR.de On January 30, 1979, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED made a decision that should lead to the construction of one of the largest hazardous waste dumps in Europe. The planners found what they were looking for in the exclusion zone between Selmsdorf and Sch
Francisco Goya captured his critical vision of his education in his time in a small painting (20 x 38 centimeters) called The letter with blood enters or School Scene . An education that Goya, who felt great devotion to children, judges defective and that he illustrates in a school scene in which
Before getting into the pink gossip of the Sumerians, it should be noted that the marriage between the two rivers had no religious connotations. It is true that the act was presided over by a priest, but that was done to collect the corresponding tax (all religions pass the brush, right?) and to att
This is the first Spanish edition of an authentic classic of military history and militaria Roman. The authors of the book enjoy consolidated prestige, with a long history in this field, with individual works on multiple aspects of the complex military world, such as archery, harnesses, etc. Few bo
In the area of pre-Roman Iberia, over 400 of them have already been found. Stone statues, sometimes reaching 2.75 meters in length, depicting animals including bulls, pigs. Characteristic of the Celtic societies of the Iberian Peninsula. How is it possible that two of them went as far as the Ślęża