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The death of President Hindenburg. Paul von Hindenburg was the president of the Weimar Republic from the 12 May 1925 until his death on the 2 August 1934. Courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections. President Hindenburg died at the age of 87 on 2 August 1934.
Sep 23, 2021 · Survivors And Witnesses Describe What The Hindenburg Crash Was Really Like. The German dirigible, LZ-129 Hindenburg , was set to land in Lakehurst, NJ, on May 6, 1937. As a luxury passenger airship, the Hindenburg was the largest of its kind, measuring more than 800 feet long and capable of reaching speeds near 84 mph.
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Experts Lt Col Jason O. Harris and historian Dan Grossman will lead viewers on an investigation spanning the Atlantic between Germany and America. Those two nations have done their own digging over the years, without a conclusive answer as to why the Hindenburg burst into flames on May 6th, 1937. After reaching the mooring mast at Lakehurst, New Je...
Harris and Grossman consult Caltech professor Konstantinos Giapis, an expert in chemical engineering. The documentary pays special attention to the Hindenburg’s landing ropes. Current thinking is they managed to generate a spark in turbulent conditions. Smithsonianmagazine, writing in 2017 on the 80th anniversary of the tragedy, referred to the “fl...
However it happened, the Hindenburg disaster had a major impact on the world’s collective psyche. Not only did it spell the end for travel by airship, but the fire was also covered by the media as it happened. NBC radio reporter Herb Morrison famously commentated on the tragedy. His haunting cry of “Oh the humanity!” was remembered forever after. T...
Apr 28, 2017 · Hindenburg at 80. A drizzle fell as the 36 passengers stepped off the bus at the city's international airport from the Frankfurter Hof Hotel. Looming before them was the largest airship ever built ...
The German zeppelin Hindenburg, the largest airship ever built, exploded and crashed while attempting to land at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937. The Hindenburg had safely made 10 round-trip flights between Germany and the U.S. before its disastrous final journey. Here, the Hindenburg is in Frankfurt, Germany, after ...
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Apr 15, 2011 · When the Hindenburg flew toward the the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937, it was the airship's eleventh voyage to the United States. The nearly 804-foot-long ship, the ...
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Aug 29, 2014 · Werner Franz, believed to be the last surviving crew member of the German airship Hindenburg that crashed 77 years ago, has died. He was 92. Franz was a 14-year-old cabin boy when the hydrogen ...
