2022-03-01 - 75th an­niver­sary Helgoland returned to German control

01.03.1952 - People from Helgoland have arrived at the harbor during their round tour over the island on 1st March 1952 and are now watching an arriving ship. On that day the island of Helgolan...
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20.12.1950 - Two students of Heidelberg, native of Helgoland, hoist a German and a European flag on the island Helgoland on the 20th of December in 1950. The protested against the British usag...
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18.04.1947 - British troops blow up a part of Helgoland with 6,700 tons of ammunition on the 18th of April in 1947. The Operation "Big Bang" is the biggest blasting up to that day with conventi...
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18.04.1947 - British troops blow up a part of Helgoland with 6,700 tons of ammunition on the 18th of April in 1947. The Operation "Big Bang" is the biggest blasting up to that day with conventi...
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18.04.1947 - British troops blow up a part of Helgoland with 6,700 tons of ammunition on the 18th of April in 1947. The Operation "Big Bang" is the biggest blasting up to that day with conventi...
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18.04.1947 - British troops blow up a part of Helgoland with 6,700 tons of ammunition on the 18th of April in 1947. The Operation "Big Bang" is the biggest blasting up to that day with conventi...
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05.08.2011 - Die Hochseeinsel Helgoland ist am Freitag (05.08.2011) aus einem Flugzeug heraus zu sehen. Mit 150 neuen Arbeitsplätzen profitiert Helgoland von drei Windparks, die in der Nordsee...
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05.08.2011 - Die Hochseeinsel Helgoland ist am Freitag (05.08.2011) aus einem Flugzeug heraus zu sehen. Mit 150 neuen Arbeitsplätzen profitiert Helgoland von drei Windparks, die in der Nordsee...
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01.04.1952 - Test ringing of the Helgoland bell on the inner yard of the bell-foundry in Bockenem (Harz), which donated the bell of 500 kilogramme. Picture from April 1952. A British air raid d...
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01.08.1952 - The donated bell, weighing fourty centner, is exhibited in Hamburg on its way to Helgoland. An inscription in the dialect of Helgoland is carved into the bell saying "Wer drenn ip...
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01.01.1952 - The peace bell of Helgoland finds its provisional place in the middle of the destroyed island and is a symbol for the rebuilding of Helgoland. Picture from 1952. A British air raid...
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01.01.2000 - The devestated landscape of Helgoland with house ruins and dead trees (undated picture). A British air raid destroyed the village of Helgoland completely on the 18th of April in 19...
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01.04.1947 - View from the stairs which connect the lower and upper part of Helgoland towards the devastated landscape. In the foreground the destroyed elevator. Picture from the 1st of April i...
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18.04.1947 - Development of a smoke cloud on the 18th of April in 1947 at 1 p.m., when the fortifications of Helgoland were blasted by the British. A British air raid destroyed the village of H...
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01.01.2000 - The destroyed harbour of Helgoland (undated picture). A British air raid destroyed the village of Helgoland completely on the 18th of April in 1945. After World War II the popula...
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18.04.1947 - Development of a smoke cloud in the first second of the blasting of the fortifications on Helgoland on the 18th of April in 1947 at 1 p.m. A British air raid destroyed the village...
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18.04.1947 - Spectators watch the development of smoke cloud after the blasting of the fortifications on Helgoland on the 18th of April in 1947 at 1 p.m. from a ship. A British air raid destroy...
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01.04.1947 - The devastated landscape of Helgoland on the 1st of April in 1947, photographed as foreign and German media had the possibility to visit the island shortly before the blasting on t...
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01.04.1947 - The ruins of the upper part of town of Helgoland on the 1st of April in 1947, when foreign and German media had the possibility to visit the island shortly before the blasting on t...
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01.01.2000 - A field of debris on Helgoland after the blasting of 1947 and air raids for years (undated picture). A British air raid destroyed the village Helgoland completely on the 18th of...
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20.04.1947 - After the blasting - View from the lighthouse on the destroyed village on Helgoland, photographed on the 20th of April in 1947. A British air raid destroyed the village Helgoland c...
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01.03.1952 - Official representatives of German authorities with minister president of Schleswig-Holstein Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke, go ashore on Helgoland. Picture from the 1st of March in 1952....
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01.03.1952 - Hoisting of the flags of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Helgoland and Europe to mark the liberating process of Helgoland. Picture from the 1st of March in 1952. A British air raid...
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03.01.1951 - The 'invaders', Prince Hubertus von und zu Löwenstein (3rd of left), student Georg von Hatzfeld (with flag) and student Rene Leudesdorff (r) in Cuxhaven. A part of the invaders had...
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01.01.2000 - Two students conquer Helgoland: They play music with a fiddle and an accordeon. The first act of the "Reoccupation" has started. Picture from the beginning of the 1950s. A Britis...
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01.01.1951 - It's tidy in the store room, since Elli Roewer is responsible for the well-being of the inhabitants of the Flakturm. Picture from 1951. She is the first woman who entered Helgoland...
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01.01.1951 - Members of the peaceful invaders with the green red white flag of Heligoland, among them student Georg von Hatzfeld (2nd from left), spent their night on a boat in the harbor of Cu...
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20.04.1947 - About 50 correspondents and cameramen of different nations visited island Heligoland on two minesweepers two days after the blasting operation. Picture taken on 20th April 1947. Th...
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01.01.1951 - Fred Krause-Reussen of the newspaper "Münchner Abendzeitung" tipes his report on his portable typewriter, to describe his impressions immediately. The inhabitants have made themsel...
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01.03.1952 - Subsequent to the celebration, a walkthroug takes place at 01.03.1952. Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke (black coat and scarf) stands in the middle. At...
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01.01.1953 - Opening a voting box in Pinneberg. Chief inspector Meyer (left) came to Pinneberg because of the vote. Picture was taken 1953. First time after the Second World War residents of He...
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01.01.1952 - Northwest peak of the island. Picture taken 1952. On March 1st, 1952 the island Heligoland was returned to german hands, after the British Airforced used it for bombardment trainin...
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31.12.1950 - Fishing vessels bring new demonstrators to the island on 31st December 1950. (L-r) Horst Berndt and Klaus Mathes from 'Junge Aktion Stade' (young operation Stade), Werner Guilleaum...
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03.01.1951 - A big event of the Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten (BHE, League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights) takes place in the Cuxhaven Bleikenschule school hall, where Huber...
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01.03.1952 - Overview of the destroyed piers and barracks in the souther harbor of Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British...
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01.03.1952 - Overview of the destroyed piers and barracks in the southern harbor of Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British...
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01.03.1952 - The harbor of Helgoland has not been home of so many ships as it was on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government...
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01.03.1952 - Again and again ships with guests are arriving at the harbor of Helgoland for the festivities on 1st March 1952. The island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the Britis...
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01.03.1952 - The mailboat with the flag of the Federal Post Office (l) and the flag of Helgoland (r) has arrived at Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committe...
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01.03.1952 - The first German visitors since the second world war get to see a scene of destruction on Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Ger...
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01.03.1952 - View on the Helgoland uplands, where a round tour takes place on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after...
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01.03.1952 - Distress cruiser 'Hindenburg' arriving at the harbor of Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, af...
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01.03.1952 - The harbor of Helgoland has not been home for so many ships as on the 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, a...
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01.03.1952 - Solemn flag hoisting on Helgoland on 1st March 1952: The flag of Helgoland (r), the Federal Republic of Germany (m), and of Schleswig-Holstein (l). On that day the island of Helgol...
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01.03.1952 - A citizen of Helgoland is standing in front of the ruins of his old home on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British governm...
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01.03.1952 - First ships can again pull in at the port of Heligoland on 1 March 1952. This day, Heligoland was given back from the British government to Germany after having become a forbidden...
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01.03.1952 - View on some of the destroyed houses on the island Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after i...
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01.03.1952 - The expanse of rubble of Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after it became a forbidden, deat...
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01.03.1952 - First ships have tied up in the harbor of Helgoland on the liberation day, the 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British gove...
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01.03.1952 - Solemn hoisting of the Helgoland flag on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after it became a forbidden, d...
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01.03.1952 - Two police officers keeping honor guard at the flag of Helgoland. The island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government on 1st March 1952, after it became...
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01.03.1952 - For the festivities on 1 March 1952, more and more ships arrive in the harbour of Heligoland, amongst them many reporters, who want to document the current situation on the island....
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01.03.1952 - With the first guests of the festivities, the first workers come as well to start already with the clearing-up operations on 1 March 1952. This day, Heligoland was given back from...
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01.03.1952 - First ships can run into the harbor of Helgoland again on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after it beca...
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01.03.1952 - The first workers arrive for cleanup jobs on the island of Helgoland on 1 March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, a...
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01.03.1952 - Solemn flag hoisting on Helgoland: the flags of Helgoland (r), the Federal Republic of Germany (m), the European Movement (below), and of Schleswig-Holstein (l). The island of Helg...
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01.03.1952 - Ships loaded with guests for the celebrations on 1st March 1952 arriving in the harbor of Helgoland. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the Britis...
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01.03.1952 - Almost all tombs on Helgoland are destroyed. Therefore these man are laying down flowers on 1st March 1952 at the simple wooden cross, which was built on behalf of al decedents. On...
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01.03.1952 - The first workers return to Helgoland to start clearing work as the first feasters arrive on the 1st of March in 1952. The island was given back that day from the British governmen...
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01.03.1952 - The coast of Helgoland is a scene of destruction. In the background the ruins of the biological academy are shown. The island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the Brit...
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01.03.1952 - The flowers with which the people of Heligoland are dressed up are a visible sign of their joy; in the background the flag of Heligoland is fluttering. Because on 1 March 1952, the...
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01.03.1952 - The flowers, which the young man from Helgoland is holding to mark the occasion, are a visible sign of his joy, since on that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germ...
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01.03.1952 - A US patrol boat brings pressmen and visitors to the island of Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British governm...
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01.03.1952 - Solemn flag hoisting on Helgoland: The flags of Helgoland (r), the Federal Republic of Germany (m), the European Movement (below), and of Schleswig-Holstein (l). The island of Helg...
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01.03.1952 - View on the destroyed southern harbor of Helgoland and the dune. The island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government on 1st March 1952, after it became...
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01.03.1952 - Solemn flag hoisting on Helgoland on 1st March 1952: The flags of Helgoland (r), the Federal Republic of Germany (m), and of Schleswig-Holstein (l). On that day the island of Helgo...
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01.03.1952 - Almost all tombs on the island Helgoland are damaged. Therefore these men are laying down flowers at a simple wooden cross, which was built on behalf of all decedents on 1st March...
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01.03.1952 - Prime minister of Schleswig-Holstein Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke (m, black coat) on 1st March 1952 at the beginning of the round tour on Helgoland. On that day the island of Helgoland...
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01.03.1952 - Viewing round tour on the island Helgoland on 1st March 1952 to watch the damages of the post-war years. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the Br...
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01.03.1952 - Start of the round tour following the official ceremonies with flag hoisting. In the front prime minister of Schleswig Holstein Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke (r) and in the back the flag...
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01.03.1952 - Two men from Helgoland looking towards the future of their island on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, af...
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01.03.1952 - Almost all tombs on Helgoland are destroyed. Therefore these man are laying down flowers on 1st March 1952 at the simple wooden cross, which was built on behalf of all decedents. O...
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01.03.1952 - The first German visitors since the second world war get to see a scene of destruction during a round tour on the island Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helg...
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01.03.1952 - The harbor of Helgoland has not been home of so many ships as it is on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government,...
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01.03.1952 - View on the destroyed Helgoland uplands, where a round trip takes place of 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British governme...
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01.03.1952 - The inhabitants have to find one of the former main streets of Helgoland completely destroyed during their visit tour on 1st March 1952. The island of Helgoland was committed back...
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01.03.1952 - For the ceremonies on the island Heligoland on 1 March 1952, the minister president of Schleswig-Holstein Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke (at the front, black coat and captain's cap) is pr...
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01.03.1952 - Overview of the destroyed piers and barracks in the southern harbor of Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British...
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01.03.1952 - A citizen of Helgoland can return to his island on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after it became a fo...
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01.03.1952 - The ruins of the biological academy with view on the dune. The island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government on 1st March 1952, after it became a forb...
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01.03.1952 - The mailboat with the flag of the German postal service (left) and the flag of Heligoland arrived in Heligoland on 1 March 1952. This day, the island Heligoland was given back from...
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01.03.1952 - With flame cutters room is made for moorings and huts so that ships can moor in the harbour of Heligoland. On 1 March 1952, Heligoland was given back from the British government to...
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01.03.1952 - With the first celebration guests, the first workers come to Heligoland as well to start with the clean-up operations on 1 March 1952. This day, Helgoland was given back from the B...
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01.03.1952 - Since the end of the second world war the harbor of Helgoland did not receive as many ships as on the 1st March 1952, when the island was committed back to Germany by the British g...
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01.03.1952 - Return to dry land after the official celebrations on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after it became a...
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01.03.1952 - Round tour on the island Helgoland on 1st March 1952 to examine the damages of the post-war years. In the front prime minister of Schleswig-Holstein Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke (m, bla...
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01.03.1952 - The first German visitors of the island Helgoland get to see a scene of destruction on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the Brit...
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01.03.1952 - Round tour on the island Helgoland on 1st March 1952 to watch the damages of the post-war years. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British go...
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01.03.1952 - The flowers with which the people of Heligoland are dressed up are a visible sign of their joy, because on 1 March 1952, the island Heligoland was given back from the British gover...
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01.03.1952 - With flame cutters room is made for moorings and huts so that ships can moor in the harbour of Heligoland. On 1 March 1952, Heligoland was given back from the British government to...
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01.03.1952 - View on the southern harbor of Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after it became a forbidden...
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01.03.1952 - Two men from Helgoland hoisting up the flag of Helgoland on 1st March 1952. On that day the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after it be...
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01.03.1952 - The coast of Helgoland shows a scene of destruction. In the background the ruins of the biological academy are shown. The island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the B...
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01.03.1952 - View on the heavily damaged harbor of Helgoland on 1st March 1952, the day when the island of Helgoland was committed back to Germany by the British government, after it became a f...
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