In 1943, he joined the french resistance and was eventually arrested. Bremen, germany ships crew lists, 18151917 at ancestryrequires payment. They were developed in the 1930s by krupp in order to destroy heavily fortified positions. This world war ii timeline highlights key events from june 1943 december 1943. The museums collections document the fate of holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. The dora mittelbau also known as dora nordhausen or nordhausen camp was established in central germany near the southern harz mountains, north of the town of nordhausen. Crew lists and ships agreements the national archives. Includes some german baptism, marriage, and death indexes, and other items. Get details on the allies bombing of nazi germany, and more. On the anniversary of the daring israeli raid to save hostages from the air france plane hijacked to uganda, survivor.
Typically a macr gives some or all of the following kinds of information about each crew member. Download our mobile app for onthego access to the jewish virtual library. See the 20th century as it actually happened its leaders, empires, wars and upheavals. Stuttgart, germany, and the bosch factory located there were the targets for the eighth on september 6. German films dot net film posters besatzung dora 1943. Only two guns were produced named dora and gustav and both were destroyed by german in the end of war. Dora dahlberg german crew lists of ships hit by uboats. The crew of the dora 1943 with english subtitles on dvd. In july 1943, the german navy withdrew from the atlantic battle. Aug 25, 2019 the making of the crew of the dora our research on the film the crew of the dora besatzung dora 1943 has resulted not only in a full chapter on the film in our 2nd edition karl ritter biography 20142015 but now, as well, a fulllength book on the fascinating story of the making of this wwii combat feature film, using the unpublished. Military, political and social history of the 20th century. Take part in a wild ride to infiltrate and overtake the 510s, a gang that has grown up around detroits illegal street racing scene. These records consist of the crew lists and ships agreements, with some official crew log books, which were required by law to be sent to the registrar of shipping and seamen for ships registered in the united kingdom. The crew of the dora 1943 karl ritter, hannes stelzer, hubert kiurina, josef dahmen november 23, 2018 depicts a love triangle involving two luftwaffe pilots being overcome by their participation in battle together.
A bomber crew of the 392nd bomb group with their b24 liberator. Liberation of doramittelbau united states holocaust. The battle of stalingrad took place between july 17, 1942 and february 2, 1943, during the second world war. He was taken to drancy, a transit camp on the outskirts of paris, and then deported to auschwitz. Hamburgamerican packet company hamburgamerikanische packetfarhrt aktiengesellschaft hapag hamburgamerican line hamburgamerika linie. All the insignia looks to be original to the piece.
This is a rare image of a group of unknown luftwaffe crew members which we rescued from a museum in riga, latvia that was closing down. Shoot to kill world war ii british army infantry weapons training film bren gun 17124 duration. The b17 bomber memphis belle flew 25 missions against nazi germany and then came home to. As usual, as the fortresses approached german territory, german fighters attacked. This category includes works, events and everything related to the history of germany in 1943 notes. A legendary airplane that helped america win world war ii is being reborn at age 75. If it werent for the maintenance on that plane we would probably be down somewhere in germany and now a statistic. Formed in 1847, the packet company sailed from hamburg to new york via southampton. General familysearch genealogy records germany requires free registration. In some cases these are rescued or returned crew members. Dora was shipped to leningrad to begin shelling that city, but as soon as she was emplaced, a soviet counteroffensive caused dora to return to germany. Filmed on location in paris, dieppe, the leningrad front and in rome between july and december 1942, besatzung dora air crew dora is the story of a survey plane in 1942 and its air crew.
The uboat war in world war two kriegsmarine, 19391945 and world war one kaiserliche marine, 19141918 and the allied efforts to counter the threat. This sale is for the crew of the dora 1943 with english subtitles on dvd. If you can identify any of the personnel please let us know. In addition to shipping critically important strategic cargoesnotably uranium oxide, but also including precious m. List of united states navy and coast guard ships lost during world war ii, from 31 october 1941 to 31 december 1946, sorted by type and name. It was widely used by germany throughout the war, and was one of. It was not until december 1944 that this aircraft saw operational service. Railway guns in the strict sense were largecaliber independent units from 200 mm to 800 mm used as a long range artillery siege. Besatzung dora is a 1943 german film about luftwaffe pilots. Most of these were naval or blockade running operations, some of which also involved italian vessels.
Germany dissolves the danish government after it refuses to deal with a wave of strikes and disturbances to the satisfaction of the german authorities see occupation of denmark. Depicts a love triangle involving two luftwaffe pilots being overcome by their participation in battle together. Well assume youre ok with this, but you can optout if you wish. The crew of the dora 1943 karl ritter, hannes stelzer, hubert kiurina, josef dahmen november 23, 2018 depicts a love triangle involving two luftwaffe pilots being overcome by. One of the third reichs most challenging propaganda feature films besatzung dora the crew of the dora, the story of a crew of longrange air reconnaissance flyers in the luftwaffe, was shot in the occupied soviet union, in occupied france, and in both berlin. Krupp 80 cm kanone schwerer gustav dora railway gun. They were developed in the late 1930s by krupp as siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the french maginot line, the strongest fortifications then in existence. Schwerer gustav and dora schwerer gustav heavy gustav and dora were the names of the german 80 cm k e railway guns.
In wwii, did germany ever conduct operations in the pacific. Lesser works were often placed in rotating turrets, and could be part of armored trains. A nazi war train hauled the biggest gun ever made medium. Jul 31, 2015 the german heavy gustav was the largest gun ever built. Mar 16, 2018 the eventual result would be the worlds first guided ballistic missile, the v2 rocket.
Only archives photos and drawings were used while creating this model. With hannes stelzer, hubert kiurina, josef dahmen, georg thomalla. Despite propaganda minister joseph goebbels finding the film very attractive, the defeat of nazi germany at battle of stalingrad in late january 1943 meant besatzung dora could not fulfil its propaganda purpose. East prussia ostpreussen now in poland see the first link in the west prussia section below hamburg hamburg generalregister sterbefalle general register of deaths, 18761983 pdf. One of the third reichs most challenging propaganda feature films besatzung dora the crew of the dora, the story of a crew of longrange air reconnaissance flyers in the luftwaffe, was shot in the occupied soviet union, in occupied france, and in both berlin and greater rome between august and december 1942. The film was banned in 1944, because of the worsening war situation. For films about the blue division, see the list of world war ii films since 1950. W e have the truck stop at our hardstand so we can tell the crew chief and his people that we made it. As the allied armies advanced through europe in early 1945, auschwitz was evacuated and the inmates were taken to the dora nordhausen and bergenbelsen camps in germany. From july 1944 to january 1945, an average of,536 people were killed every month. While on leave one of the pilots inspires a girl with hopes of settling in the east, a dream that no longer appeared possible.
The armed forces of germany and its allies invaded the soviet union, quickly advancing deep into soviet territory. This listing also includes constructive losses which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of. After rebuilding its strength, the 8th air force again attacked schweinfurt on 14 october 1943, a day that would go down in history as black thursday. Heinrich himmler is named reichminister of the interior in germany. The story of the last american bomber shot down over germany in world war ii by thomas childers. See more ideas about submarines, wwii and world war ii. Prisoners from buchenwald were sent to the area in 1943 to begin construction of a large industrial complex. The crew of the dora 1943 karl ritter, hannes stelzer. List of major nazi concentration camps jewish virtual library. In hamburg alone about 49,000 civilians were killed by allied bombing, and in berlin about. The russian front, north africa and the western front were by then no longer places of continuing german victory.
List of united states navy losses in world war ii wikipedia. Originally known as the a4, the v2 featured a range of 200 miles and a maximum speed of 3,545 mph. Familysearch also has some digitized microfilm of german genealogy records. In the early years sailing time was about 40 days, hamburg to new york. Cheapo german wwii mountain troop medical nco dress parade tunic period size medium. This article lists some of concentration camps set up by the third reich, and includes camps such as dachau which was set up at first to help the nazis keep power and control political opponents, and other camps such as auschwitz which was set up to help fulfil the final solution. Germany by year goes in time past the invention of photography, scanners or computers.
Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the shapell center. Some case files include the names of persons with some knowledge of the aircrafts last flight. After some talk of deploying one or both to leningrad, they remained at the proving grounds at rugenwalde where hitler observed a test firing in march 1943. Besatzung dora air crew dora, karl ritter 1943 dvd. The bombing of germany 19401945 centre for the study of. Dora, 19431945 brigitte dhainaut, christine somerhausen. She spent the rest of the war as a test gun, along with the second 800mm artillery piece. Bremen, germany sailors registry bremer seeleuteregister, 18241917. These dvds will play on any dvd player anywhere in the world region free. The bombing of germany 1940 1945 allied airstrikes and civil mood in germany. It was more than 150 feet long, 40 feet tall and weighed almost 1,500 tons. Heavy gustaf, or great gustaf and dora were the names of two german 80 cm k e railway guns.
Operation pointblank was launched in june of 1943, and focused on bombing the source of german airpower. The german heavy gustav was the largest gun ever built. During world war ii, franco remains neutral so gibraltar is never overrun but nevertheless he sends the blue division to fight for germany on the eastern front. Railway guns were placed on a special railway platform enabling it to fire. German and captured railway guns in world war ii world. The world at war in the year 1943, germany loses ground 1943, the bloody retreat, the liquidation of german troops in stalingrad, the tank offensive at kursk, tunis captured, invasion of italy. On june 22, 1941, nazi germany launched operation barbarossa unternehmen barbarossa. Secret bombing raid schweinfurt, the bloodiest loss.
A german uboat crew become pows after their submarine was depthcharged in the atlantic. In world war ii approximately 410,000 german civilians were killed by allied air raids. Albert speer right, adolf hitler second from right, and a number of other officials observed the firing. Online german genealogy records and databases german roots. Stuttgart was at the very limit of the b17 in 1943, and fuel was a precious commodity on this particular mission. It depicts a love triangle involving two of them being overcome by their participation in battle together. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. World war ii tank gunner clarence smoyer poses for a portrait near the charlestown naval shipyard in boston, wednesday, feb. The german ministry of justice, in 1967, named about 1200 camps and subcamps in countries occupied by nazi germany. Navy and coast guard vessels, sunk or damaged beyond repair during world war ii, 7 december 19411 october 1945. Longnose dora, as it was called, became the best german fighter of the war, easily capable of tangling on equal terms with p51d mustangs and latemodel spitfires. Contrary to popular belief hugo boss did not design ss or wehrmacht uniforms.
Mittelbau dora, or mittelbau concentration camp complex was formally established in 1944 near nordhausen, germany, south of harz mountains from the already existing buchenwald camps. Those 48 shells would be the only ones ever fired in anger by gustav and his sister, dora named for dora muller, whose husband erich designed the gun. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slavic slave labour from many eastern countries occupied by germany including evacuated survivors of eastern extermination camps, for extending the nearby. This is a good looking tunic made of a high quality wool. Uss oklahoma bb37 capsized and sank after being torpedoed by japanese aircraft at pearl harbor, hawaii, 7 december 1941. Besatzung dora 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Many months were spending to research dora history before this model was created, maximum close to the original, as possible. The making of the crew of the dora besatzung dora limited. The krupp 80 cm kanone e schwerer gustav dora being readied for a test firing on 19 march 1943 at rugenwalde, germany. We are very keen to receive your luftwaffe crew images, such as the one below. Its 2,200 pounds of explosives and liquid propellant rocket engine allowed hitlers army to employ it with deadly accuracy.
The 95yearold veteran was surprised with a ride through the streets of boston in a sherman tank, one of the tanks most widely used by the u. Mar 24, 2019 so there are heavy enemies in the quickmissions. Sometime in april 1945, dora was dismantled and destroyed. It is a little wonder we have come to the realization it is impossible to complete a full tour. The making of the crew of the dora our research on the film the crew of the dora besatzung dora 1943 has resulted not only in a full chapter on the film in our 2nd edition karl ritter biography 20142015 but now, as well, a fulllength book on the fascinating story of the making of this wwii combat feature film, using the unpublished. This category is not intended only for photographs taken in 1943, nor is it intended for media uploaded or scanned in 1943, as the parent category. Mittelbau dora also dora mittelbau and nordhausen dora was a german nazi concentration camp located near nordhausen in thuringia, germany.
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