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The Death of the Hindenburg

Hindenburg was a masterpiece of zeppelin design. Equipped with four 1200 hp Mercedes Benz engines, having 245 m in length, about 41 m in diameter and almost 212000 cubic meters of gas volume, she still holds the record of the largest airship ever built and flying. She can be truly called the Titanic of the aircraft. Although the Hindenburg is most … [Read more...]

Zeppelins the Bombers

Zeppelins became the frightful reality of WWI. The huge ships carried and dropped the bombs on France and Britain, and there was no defense against the midnight raids of the monsters. The cruising speed of the zeppelins was comparable to the airplanes of the enemies, and the great area allowed lots of guns bristling out of an airship, so it was not … [Read more...]

Zeppelin Airships

On July 2, 1900, the first Zeppelin airship took its maiden flight over the Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen. Its creator, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, spent two years and all his resources to build the giant - 125 m in length and about 12 m in diameter - cigar-shaped airship equipped with two 14.7 hp Daimler engines. During the construction … [Read more...]

Sex Online: Germans Lead

Germans are leaders among the European nations in surfing erotic websites Who would ever think... One-third of all German Internet users click regularly on sex and erotic pages. According to the investigation of Eschborn Research Institute NetValue, the exact number of cybersex fans in Germany is 33.4% which makes the nation a European leader. … [Read more...]

German Nationality Law

On January 1, 2000 a new nationality law came into force in Germany. This law will help foreigners living in Germany to become German citizens. According to the new law, "At the heart of the reform is the supplementing of the traditional principle of descent (jus sanguinis) by the acquisition of nationality by birth. For children born in Germany of … [Read more...]

February 18 in German History

February 18, 1803 Death of Johann Ludwig Gleim (1719-1803) in Halberstadt, Germany. Gleim was a German poet.He wrote a large number of imitations of Anacreon, Horace and the minnesingers, a didactic poem entitled Halladat oder das rote Buch (1774), and collections of fables and romances. Of higher merit are his Preussische Kriegslieder von … [Read more...]

Nazi Gold

To finance such a war as World War II, Germany had to be an enormously rich country, ... but it wasn't. The level of the Reichsbank's gold reserves was extremely low by the beginning of the war. However Germany successfully sustained its war efforts by purchasing necessary war materials from the neutral countries like Argentina, Portugal, Spain, … [Read more...]

Nazi Nightmares

Nazi doctors carried out direct medical killings as part of "life unworthy of life" policy, as well as deathly experiments on concentration camp prisoners. German doctors were forced to do that according to the Nazi medical decisions. There were two racial programs which directed the entire work of the German physicians of that time: - coercive … [Read more...]

“Made In Germany”

No matter what field of business you are involved with, Germany has the business base you have been looking for. That's something many of the world's leading companies have already found out. Being Europe's largest and most profitable market, Germany inevitably attracts investments and business partners. Germany is currently the world's second … [Read more...]

Women in German army

Küche, Kirche, Kinder, ... Krieg? Women have been for the first time admitted into combat units of German army Germany was the last of the European countries that allowed women to join the fighting units of the Bundeswehr. Since 2001, the women serve in the armored corps of the army, fighter aircraft and navy, including submarines. They do not … [Read more...]