Boat People - Refugees from Vietnam 1978/79
After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, millions of people fled from the communist regime across the open sea. The intensive reporting on the misery of the so-called "boat people" led to a great wave of solidarity among the population in 1978. The Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Ernst Albrecht, became active and on December 3, 1978, the first 163 "boat people" landed at Hannover Airport. They belonged to the mostly ethnic Chinese refugees, who had waited on the overcrowded and ailing cargo ship Hai Hong off Malaysia, but were not allowed to go ashore there. The German government decided to initially accept 10,000 refugees. In the end, almost 40,000 Vietnamese found refuge in Germany. In order to spare them long asylum procedures, the category of "humanitarian refugees" was created. The German journalist Rupert Neudeck had founded the association "A Ship for Vietnam" together with celebrities such as Heinrich Böll. Financed by donations, the freighter "Cap Anamur" was chartered and converted into a hospital ship. The first voyage began in August 1979, the association continued the action until 1986. In total, more than 10,000 people were rescued from distress at sea.
13.04.1999 - Der Gründer des Notärztekomitees Cap Anamur, Rupert Neudeck, aufgenommen am 13.4.1999 in seinem Kölner Büro. Am 14.5.1999 feiert Neudeck seinen 60. Geburtstag. Der Journalist gründ...
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22.08.1980 - The home for refugees in Hamburg-Billstedt, where one Vietnamese died after an arson attack, accommodates a total of 211 Vietnamese and 29 Sinti and Roma. Phtoto: 22.08.1980.
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03.12.1978 - Refugees from Vietnam arrive at the airport Hanover-Langenhagen on 3 December 1978. Blankets and a first hot meal will be provided by the Red Cross.
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03.12.1978 - Niedersachsens Ministerpräsident Ernst Albrecht (CDU, l) begrüsst am 03.12.1978 auf dem Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen die ankommenden Flüchtlinge. Neben ihm steht sein Stellvertre...
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22.08.1980 - The caretaker is standing in a burned out apartment of a hostel for Vietnamese refugees in Hamburg on 22 August 1980. In the night before, an arson attack with three Molotov cockta...
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03.08.1979 - The interpreter Vu Ngoc Yen (r) helps a Vietnamese family to gain a foothold in Germany. The boatpeople live in a Caritas home for foreigners in Stuttgart and provide for themselve...
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13.04.1999 - Der Gründer des Notärztekomitees Cap Anamur, Rupert Neudeck, aufgenommen am 13.4.1999 in seinem Kölner Büro. Am 14.5.1999 feiert Neudeck seinen 60. Geburtstag. Der Journalist gründ...
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16.01.1979 - Vietnamese refugees (boatpeople) taken in by Lower Saxony on 16 January 1979 during German lessons in the DRK (German Red Cross) youth home Bahlburg near Winsen (Lower Saxony).
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03.12.1978 - Refugees from Vietnam arrive at the airport Hanover-Langenhagen on 3 December 1978. Blankets and a first hot meal will be provided by the Red Cross.
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03.12.1978 - The director of the Friedland camp, Albert Schulz, on arrival of 163 boatpeople from the overloaded refugees ship "Hai Hong" at the Friedland camp on 03.12.1978.
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05.12.1978 - Some of the 163 Vietnamese refugees on 05 December 1978 in the camp Friedland. They had been flown to Lower Saxony on the initiative of the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Albrecht...
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30.11.1978 - Vietnamese refugees on the ship called " Hai Hong ". The first boat people from the ship arrived via plane in Germany on 3 December 1978.
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21.09.2011 - Eine Gedenktafel von vietnamesischen Flüchtlingen in Deutschland ist am Mittwoch (21.09.2011) an den Landungsbrücken in Hamburg zu sehen. Mit der Tafel wollen sich Vietnamesen bei...
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27.11.1978 - About 600 of the 800 inhabitants counting municipality Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia demonstrate on 27 November 1978 against the establishment of an asylum seeker accommodation.
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21.06.2005 - Ernst Albrecht hält am Dienstag (21.06.2005) in seinem Wohnhaus in Beinhorn (Region Hannover) eine Urkunde zur Würdigung seines persönlichen Einsatzes für die Rettung der vietnames...
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03.12.1978 - Rot-Kreuz-Schwestern betreuen am 03.12.1978 auf dem Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen die ankommenden Flüchtlinge, darunter einen Mann mit einem kleinen Jungen auf dem Arm. Nach woch...
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03.12.1978 - Refugees from Vietnam arrive at the airport Hanover-Langenhagen in December 1978. Blankets and a first hot meal will be provided by the Red Cross.
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22.08.1980 - Vietnamese refugees standing in front of their hostel in Hamburg on 22 August 1980. In the night before, an arson attack with three Molotov cocktails was committed. Two Vietnamese...
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17.02.1979 - Die ersten 70 Vietnamesen treffen am 17.02.1979 auf dem Rhein-Main-Flughafen in Frankfurt ein, wo sie von Oberbürgermeister Walter Wallmann (r) begrüßt und von Helfern des Deutsche...
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09.08.2014 - Eine Gedenktafel weist am 09.08.2014 in Hamburg auf die Leistungen der Hilfsorganisation Cap Anamur hin. Am 1. August 1979 hoben Neudeck und seine Gattin Christel die Kölner Hilfso...
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03.12.2008 - Der ehemalige niedersächsische Ministerpräsident Ernst Albrecht (l, CDU) erhält am Mittwoch (03.12.2008) in Erinnerung an die Flucht der «Boat People» aus Vietnam von dem Präsident...
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