Historical Anniversaries Videoclips
Our Calendar of Historical Anniversaries in English: A videoclip for each day of the year presenting an historical event. Licensing for all media and channels.
April 9th 1945 - Bonhoeffer and Canaris die
April 9th 1945: Shortly before the arrival of the U.S. Troops the resistance fighters Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Wilhelm Canaris and others ...
O-Ton: nein
Jahr: 1945
May 10th 1933: Book burning at the Berlin Opernplatz
May 10th 1933: Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels delivers a speech in regards to the book burning at Berlins Opernplatz (Opera Sq ...
O-Ton: ja
Jahr: 1933
April 10th 1932 - Hindenburg
April 10th 1932: Paul von Hindenburg wins the absolute majority during the second ballot, and is re-elected as President. As a candidate ...
O-Ton: nein
Jahr: 1932
April 11th 1945 - Liberation of the concentration camp Buchenwald
April 11th 1945: The liberation of the concentration camp Buchenwald near the city of Weimar by the advancing U.S. Army. It was only a p ...
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Jahr: 1945
April 12th 1945 - Truman becomes U.S. president
April 12th 1945: U.S. President Franklyn D. Roosevelt dies and Harry S. Truman as Vice-President becomes the 33rd President of the Uni ...
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Jahr: 1945
April 13th 1945 – The Red Army conquers Vienna
April 13th 1945: With three armies, and nearly half a million soldiers, the Red Army conquers Vienna. The taking of the city was precede ...
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Jahr: 1945
April 14th 1949 - Verdict at Nuremberg Wilhelmstrasse trial
April 14th 1949: The so-called “Wilhelmstrasse Tria”, the U.S. court proceedings against members of the National Socialist governmen ...
O-Ton: nein
Jahr: 1949
April 15th 1945 - Liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
April 15th 1945: After a ceasefire agreement between German and British forces, the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen near Hamburg is han ...
O-Ton: nein
Jahr: 1945
April 16th1886 - Ernst Thälmann is born
April 16th 1886: Birthday of Ernst Thälmann. Thälmann, seen here at a rally, was Chairman of the Communist Party and member of parliam ...
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Jahr: 1886
April 16th 1945 Beginning of the Battle of the Seelow Heights
April 16th 1945 - With concentrated artillery fire, the Red Army begins the battle for the Seelow Heights. This was the last stage of th ...
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Jahr: 1945
April 17th 1894 - Khrushchev is born
On April 17th 1894 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was born in the Ukraine. Khrushchevs early life is closely connected with the CPSU (Co ...
O-Ton: nein
Jahr: 1894
April 18th 1935 - First Television broadcast in Germany
April 18th 1935: The first public television broadcast takes place in Germany. The television station "Paul Nipkow," used specifically b ...
O-Ton: ja
Jahr: 1935
April 19th 1967 - Konrad Adenauer dies
19. April 1967: Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer dies in Bad Honnef. Adenauer, seen here in front of the German Parliament, defined li ...
O-Ton: nein
Jahr: 1967
April 19th 1943 - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto; symbol of misery and extermination, but also a symbol of the Jewish resistance against Hitler. On April 19th 1943 an ...
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Jahr: 1943
April 20th 1944 - Hitlers birthday is celebrated by Nazi propaganda
April 20th 1944: While the Third Reich daily sacrifices thousands of people in an insane war and the allies are preparing for the conque ...
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Jahr: 1944
April 21st 1918 - Manfred von Richthofen dies
April 21st 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, historically known as the "Red Baron" and flying ace of World War I, is shot down during an air ...
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Jahr: 1918
April 21st 1945 - Red Army reaches the city limits of Berlin
April 21st 1945: The first units of the Soviet army reach the city limits of Berlin and start the encirclement of the city. By the end o ...
O-Ton: nein
Jahr: 1945
April 22nd 1946 - Founding of the SED
The Soviet occupation deliberately worked towards guaranteeing the supremacy of communist forces in their zone. Back in early May of 194 ...
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Jahr: 1946
April 22nd 1915 - First use of chlorine gas in World War I
April 22nd 1915: For the first time the German army uses chlorine gas as a deadly poisonous gas against its enemies near Ypres, Belgium. ...
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Jahr: 1915