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  Sinking of the SS „Flying Enterprise“ (January 10, 1952)

  The world got to see a real thriller unfolded before their eyes at the turn of the year 1951/52, when the ship "Flying Enterprise" faced distress at… More…

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  Heidi Brühl’s 80th Birthday (* January 30, 1942)

  The singer and actress Heidi Brühl rose up to become a teenage idol in West Germany in the 1950s, that success would later expand to the USA. After… More…

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  Hitler photographer Hoffmann’s trial before the Spruchkammer Munich (January 31, 1947)

  On January 31, 1947, the trial in the denazification proceedings against Hitler's "personal photographer" Heinrich Hoffmann took place in Munich.… More…