On April 30, 1930, the planetarium opened in the Hamburg city park. Thanks to state-of-the-art technology, 300,000 visitors a year travel - in Corona-free times - to the stars. by Stefanie Grossmann For centuries people have been fascinated by the universe and the question of their origins. Even t
On February 14, 1939, Nazi Germany celebrates the launch of the Bismarck in Hamburg. A good two years later, the battleship sinks after a chase in the Atlantic. by Carina Werner Battleships are strange, gigantic, graceful, mysterious beings, writes British marine and journalist Ludovic Kennedy. By
On May 5, 1937, the National Socialists christened a cruise ship for the masses with the Wilhelm Gustloff. Eight years later, a submarine sinks the Nazi ship with thousands of refugees on board. Gleaming white, more than 208 meters long and luxuriously equipped with a swimming pool and sun deck:Whe
The National Socialists set up the largest concentration camp in north-west Germany in 1938 in Neuengamme in the south-east of Hamburg. Tens of thousands of people were deported there. In 1938, the largest concentration camp in north-west Germany was established in what was then the village of Neue
83 years ago, on November 9, 1938, the National Socialists called for Jewish shops and synagogues to be destroyed. The persecution of the Jews reached a new dimension with the Night of Broken Glass - also in northern Germany. by Vivienne Schumacher On November 9, 1938, when Adolf Hitler and part o
A Volkswagen for everyone:Thats what the Nazis promised the Germans. On May 26, 1938, they laid the foundation stone for the VW factory - and produced armaments there. by Malte Krebs You have to save five marks a week - do you want to drive your own car? More than 300,000 savers in the German Reic
by Dirk Hempel, NDR.deOn April 1, 1937, the Greater Hamburg Act came into force. In front of the town hall, the NSDAP staged a celebration in the glow of thousands of torches. On the evening of April 1, 1937, Rudolf Hess, the Führers deputy, stepped onto the balcony of Hamburg City Hall, on which a
On October 3, 1936, the battleship Scharnhorst was launched in Wilhelmshaven. Germany demonstrates military strength with the 235 meter long colossus - and disregards the Versailles Treaty. It is more than the launching of a large ship:With the battle cruiser Scharnhorst, Adolf Hitler showed the wo
by Dirk Hempel On June 6, 1935, the Governing Mayor of Hamburg, the National Socialist Carl Vincent Krogmann, inspected an honorary deputation from the Reich Labor Service. The men lined up near the Dammtor train station. They wear the mustard-yellow uniform of the RAD, spade on their shoulder, eye
Prisoners of the Börgermoor concentration camp wrote The Moor Soldiers - the anthem of the Nazi resistance. Wherever the eye looks, moor and heath all around. Vogelsang does not refresh us, oak trees stand bare and crooked. We are the moor soldiers and move into the moor with spades. The camp is se
The book burnings had a set procedure, which gave them the character of a ritual. May 10, 1933:In numerous German university towns, the Nazis carted together thousands of books from public and private libraries and burned them in public squares. There are works by well-known authors such as Erich K
The adventurous story of the Gorch Fock (I) The Gorch Fock predecessor Gorch Fock (I) was built in Hamburg in 1933, later sunk and raised again. Today she is a museum ship in the port of Stralsund. Anyone who hears the ship name Gorch Fock in Germany usually thinks of the well-known training ship
7,000 Nazi supporters march through Altona - the demo ends with a police massacre of local residents. Well show those in Little Moscow, is the slogan of the men from Hitlers SA and SS. On July 17, 1932, 7,000 Nazis from all over northern Germany march through Altona. The demonstration of power by t
In 1931, 100,000 SA men marched through Braunschweig. With such demonstrations of power, the Nazis fought their way to power in northern Germany. Contemporary witnesses remember. October 1931 in Braunschweig:100,000 men from the Sturmabteilung (SA) in brown uniforms march past their party leader, A
On January 30, 1945, three torpedoes hit the completely overcrowded Wilhelm Gustloff. A Soviet commander mistook her for a warship. A mistake that killed thousands of refugees. by Stefan Preuss Shortly after 9 p.m. on January 30, 1945, around 60 kilometers off the Pomeranian coast:The Soviet comma
by Henning Strüber, NDR.de Strict secrecy:Even the British pilots did not know what exactly they were bombing in Peenemünde. On the night of August 17-18, 1943, nearly 600 Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers unloaded their deadly load over the northern tip of the island of Usedom. The target of the attac
by Dirk Hempel, NDR.deIn London, the V 1 bombs destroy numerous houses. In the early morning of June 13, 1944, people in the south of England are woken up by the roar of engines. An elongated flying object with a fiery tail flies in the sky at dusk. Suddenly the noise stops, then the flying bomb sl
On the night of October 9, 1943, Hanover experienced the heaviest night of bombing in World War II. 261,000 bombs fall on the city, 1,245 people die. What remains is a rubble field. by Sven Glagow At around 3 p.m. on October 8, 1943, the sirens began to wail in Hanover. It has been the 428th air r
In July 1943, the Allies launch massive air raids on Hamburg. They begin on the night of July 25th and trigger an inferno. Tens of thousands die in the firestorm. by Bettina Lenner and Thomas Luerweg, NDR.de Operation Gomorrah:Under this code name, the British and Americans launch a series of heav
On April 1, 1942, a train with 891 Jews left the Fischerhof train station in Hanover. His goal, the Warsaw Ghetto, set up by the German occupiers of the city in 1940, means death for many. by Dirk Hempel In a first deportation, the Nazi authorities had already deported exactly 1,001 people, most o
If a comic fan is asked about manga, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the image of Son Goku or any other character with an impossible hairstyle, ethereal features and enormous round eyes. Who has not vibrated when they were little when they returned from school every afternoon with The
For centuries, castes have dictated almost every aspect of religious and social life in India, with each group occupying a specific place within the complex and hierarchical society. The Dalits or “untouchables” are the poorest and most discriminated members of caste society. And Nangeli , as you m
The first of September 1943 in occupied Poland was an extremely sad day. It was the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, the end of which was still in sight. However, in Końskie, hardly anyone despaired. On the contrary! People were bursting with joyful excitement. The reason was the night
Elephants were domesticated by humans and used like horses as draft animals. But early on it was realized that the great physical strength of the elephant could also be used for war purposes. In India war elephants evolved into the main parts of the war machines of the rulers of the region, but also