by Dirk Plasberg, NDR 1 Lower Saxony At the end of September 1989, thousands of GDR citizens escaped to the embassy grounds of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague. As one of two West German nurses, Annemagret John from Peine takes care of the refugees there. We came to tell you that today you
Two double murders in the Göhrde near Lüneburg shook northern Germany in the summer of 1989. Shortly thereafter, a woman disappears nearby. It was only 28 years later that her brother, a retired LKA chief, was able to solve the crime. For almost three decades, former Hamburg police officer Wolfgang
by Ulrich Smidt, NDR.de In 1974, Gerhard Roemheld opened the Hanover Casino as a representative of the supervisory authority. All trumps were lost. In the end, even the money for the payout of the prize was missing. On a Friday the 13th in November 1987, the Lower Saxony state government withdrew t
by Janine Kühl, NDR.dePolice officers in the hallway of the Beau Rivage hotel in Geneva. There Uwe Barschel was found dead in his room on October 11, 1987. On October 11, 1987, Uwe Barschel was found dead in his room at the Beau Rivage hotel in Geneva. A day later, the 43-year-old should have testi
by Janine Kühl, NDR.deBarschel rejects allegations that he had opposition leader Engholm spied on. Uwe Barschel sits with journalists over coffee at the idyllic Steinhorst estate in Lauenburg. It is Saturday, September 12, 1987, one day before the eagerly awaited state elections in Schleswig-Holste
On October 2, 1986, the Sassnitz-Mukran ferry port in the northeast of the island of Rügen began operations. He should connect the GDR and the Soviet Union more closely. But with the end of the GDR, the port also had to reinvent itself. by Henning Strüber With the Mukran-Klaipėda ferry connection,
With 43 people on board, the barge Martina sets off on October 2, 1984 for a happy birthday party on the Elbe. But only 24 survive the journey. by Janine Kuehl It begins as a happy birthday party and ends with one of the worst accidents in the port of Hamburg:On October 2, 1984, Wolfgeorg Rosenhag
1983 Census:Protest without Twitter Opponent of the census from the very beginning:The Hamburg computer science professor Klaus Brunnstein. With the Basic Law in one hand and a stack of leaflets in the other, citizens initiatives, lawyers and computer experts brought down a census almost thirty yea
by Susanne Abolins-AufderheideIn Dagebüll, the ferry service to Föhr and Amrum is discontinued. Anyone who has hand and foot should help. Then the high school students filled the sandbags, remembers Wilhelm Ellermann. On the North Sea island of Föhr, everyone has to lend a hand, because the volunta
Around 100,000 people come to the Lower Elbe on February 28, 1981 for the largest German anti-nuclear demonstration to date. They protest against the construction of the Brokdorf nuclear power plant - despite the ban. In 1976 there were massive riots during the Battle of Brokdorf. by Kathrin Weber
They climb chimneys, hijack drill ships:since 1971, Greenpeace activists have attracted international attention with spectacular campaigns for more environmental protection. In 1980 the organization also started campaigns in northern Germany. On September 15, 1971, pacifists and opponents of nuclea
by Oliver Diedrich, NDR.deOn August 22, 1980, two young Vietnamese fell victim to an arson attack on the dorm for foreigners on Halsekestrasse. The caretaker examines the devastated apartment. Politicians and journalists sometimes call the actions of the NSU an unprecedented series of crimes. But t
Since the early 1980s, the squatted houses on Hamburger Hafenstrasse have been a symbol of the squatter movement. After lengthy discussions, the Hamburg Parliament decides on February 15, 1995 to sell the squats. In December, the deal is sealed - and the situation is finally settled:For around two m
October 1998:An unmanned freighter is ablaze and drifts on the North Sea. The name of the burning ghost ship:Pallas. An environmental catastrophe is looming in the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea. A routine trip gets out of hand When the Pallas left the Swedish port of Hudiksvall north of Stockholm o
Some of the samples taken in 1998, the largest mass genetic test to date. A terrible murder case ends on April 9, 1998 with the first mass genetic test in German history:a few weeks earlier, on March 16, 1998, eleven-year-old Christina from Strücklingen in the Cloppenburg district was kidnapped and
by Carina Werner Thousands of demonstrators in Wendland, Lower Saxony, tried to stop the Castor transport to Gorleben in April 1995 with sit-ins, among other things. Germany in turmoil, writes the Neue Zürcher Zeitung after the first Castor transport to Gorleben in Lower Saxony 25 years ago. Rightl
The synagogue at St.-Annen-Strasse 13 in Lübeck is the target of an arson attack on March 25, 1994. Lübeck is known for its picturesque old town, brick buildings, the Holsten Gate and the Hanseatic League. But on the night of March 25, 1994, an arson attack on the Jewish place of worship on St.-Ann
Fast, faster, Transrapid:In 1994, the federal government decided to build a high-speed magnetic train. The magic train is to rush from Hamburg to Berlin. But on February 5, 2000, the mega-project was buried again. In the early 1990s, Hamburg was still dreaming of getting to Berlin by train faster t
The steamer, built in 1876, has changed its name several times. Since 1994, the St. Georg has been sailing regularly on her home territory:the Hamburg Alster. The St. Georg is the only classic Alster steamer that actually deserves this name because of its engine, which is still purely steam-powered
On June 27, 1993, the alleged RAF terrorist Wolfgang Grams and a GSG9 officer died in an unsuccessful operation at Bad Kleinen station. To this day, the case stands for the failure of authorities. The two fatalities of the failed GSG9 mission in Bad Kleinen on June 27, 1993:Michael Newrzella and Wo
The breath of July had cooled the glaciers of Spitsbergen, and torn from the bay of La Madeleine, like shreds of continent, the ice accumulated by nine months of winter. Like floating islands whose shores would have had mountains of crystal, these ices covered the sea in the distance, dazzling in t
Geographically Greece is a blessed and at the same time cursed place. Its position was, over the years, a trophy for all sorts of conquerors who wanted to control the passage to Asia or the Middle East, but also to gain access to the sea. By Giorgos Dymenos SOURCE:Gazzetta At the same time, th
Wishful thinking is a beautiful thing, but its hard to argue with the facts. The Second Polish Republic was not a vestibule of civilization. More like a backwater. Single developed cities were separated by hundreds of kilometers of mud, backwardness and banditry. You could even say that our ancestor
The War of the Allies (91-88 BC) was a conflict between Rome and most of its Italic neighbors to achieve Roman citizenship, which meant equalizing one and the other in the face of a historical imbalance resulting from the overwhelming superiority of the Republic. The most novel thing is that it was