North Sea flood Hamburg 1962

17.02.1962 - Luftaufnahme eines überschwemmten Gebiets. Bei der großen Sturmflutkatastrophe in der Nacht vom 16. auf den 17.02.1962 starben 315 Menschen, davon alleine 200 in dem Hamburger Stad...
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17.02.1962 - A helicopter flies across the flooded houses after the storm flood from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962 (undated archive picture from 1962).
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17.02.1962 - View of flooded buildings. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, 315 people died in the storm flood catastrophe, alone 200 in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg.
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17.02.1962 - Land unter: Mehrere Autodächer ragen aus den Wassermassen Bei der großen Sturmflutkatastrophe in der Nacht vom 16. auf den 17.02.1962 starben 315 Menschen, davon alleine 200 in dem...
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17.02.1962 - Land unter: Zwei Menschen haben sich auf das Dach eines Hauses gerettet. (M). Bei der großen Sturmflutkatastrophe in der Nacht vom 16. auf den 17.02.1962 starben 315 Menschen, davo...
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02.11.1965 - Two men carry a woman across the flooded Fischmarkt in Hamburg on the 2nd of November in 1965. The forecasted storm flood had not damaged the North of Germany as seriously as feare...
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03.12.1962 - Senator of the Interior Helmut Schmidt (l) and Lieutenant-Colonel Hans Busch (2nd of left) during the awarding ceremony on 03 December 1962 of the medals for soldiers helping durin...
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03.12.1962 - Hamburg Senator of the Interior Helmut Schmidt (L) during the awarding of the medals. A swearing in ceremony of recruits and the awarding of the medal of Hamburg to 400 soldiers fo...
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17.02.1962 - Inhabitants of Wilhelmsburg are rescued from their flooded houses in rubber boats. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, 315 people died in the storm flood ca...
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17.02.1962 - Rettungsmannschaften kämpfen gegen die ansteigende Flut. Bei der großen Sturmflutkatastrophe in der Nacht vom 16. auf den 17.02.1962 starben 315 Menschen, davon alleine 200 in dem...
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01.09.1969 - Helmut Schmidt am 1. September 1969 in Düsseldorf. Sein Einsatz als Hamburger Innensenator während der schweren Sturmflut im Februar 1962 machte den SPD-Politiker deutschlandweit b...
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01.01.2000 - Helfer schaffen Möbel aus dem zerstörten hamburgischen Stadtgebiet. In der Nacht vom 16.auf den 17.02.1962 brachen im Raum Hamburg an 60 Stellen die Deiche. Die Wassermassen überfl...
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22.02.1962 - Abfallberge in einem Wohnviertel in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg während der Aufräumarbeiten am 22.02.1962 nach der verheerenden Sturmflut in der Nacht vom 16. auf den 17.02.1962. Foto: L...
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16.02.1962 - Die überschwemmte Straße an den Vorsetzen in der Hansestadt Hamburg nach der Sturmflut am 16.02.1962. Das fast über drei Meter über normal gestiegene Hochwasser überschwemmte am Fr...
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06.02.2009 - Das Foto zeigt den Hamburger Karl-Heinz Krebs als jungen Sanitätsunteroffizier im Jahr 1962. Er half als Sanitätssoldat bei der großen Sturmflut vom Februar 1962 in Norddeutschland...
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06.02.2009 - Der Hamburger Karl-Heinz Krebs lächelt am Freitag (06.02.2009) in Hamburg in die Kamera des Fotografen. Er half als Sanitätssoldat bei der großen Sturmflut vom Februar 1962. Die St...
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06.02.2009 - Der Hamburger Karl-Heinz Krebs hält am Freitag (06.02.2009) in Hamburg eine Gedenkmedaille des Senats zur Sturmflut 1962. Er half als Sanitätssoldat bei der großen Sturmflut vom 17...
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19.11.2012 - storm surge 1962
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19.11.2012 - storm surge 1962
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16.02.2012 - Die Sturmflut 1962 in Hamburg; Format 90 x 90 mm, Redaktion: K. Klink, Grafik S. Stein
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26.02.1962 - Helpers remove demolished household on February 26, 1962 in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg. The storm flood occured during the night of the 16. to the 17. February 1962 and left 374 dead and...
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17.02.1962 - In woman is brought to safety in a rubber boat. The storm flood occured during the night of the 16. to the 17. February 1962 and left 374 dead and 20.000 homeless.
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19.02.1962 - Aerial view of the flooded land. The storm flood occured during the night of the 16. to the 17. February 1962 and left 374 dead and 20.000 homeless.
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17.02.1962 - The storm flood occured during the night of the 16. to the 17. February 1962 and left 374 dead and 20.000 homeless.
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17.02.1962 - The storm flood occured during the night of the 16. to the 17. February 1962 and left 374 dead and 20.000 homeless.
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26.02.1962 - Official act for the victims fo the storm flood on February 26, 1962. The storm flood occured during the night of the 16. to the 17. February 1962 and left 374 dead and 20.000 home...
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01.02.1962 - The storm flood occured during the night of the 16. to the 17. February 1962 and left 374 dead and 20.000 homeless.
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17.02.1972 - The Mayor of Hamburg, Peter Schulz, pays his respects in front of the memorial for the victims of the storm flood at the cemetery in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf during the ceremony on the 10t...
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01.02.1962 - Soldiers of the German Armed Forces evacuate persons affected by the flood in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg. The photo was taken in February in 1962. The hurricane along the westcoast of Sc...
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01.03.1962 - Relatives say goodbye before 77 victims of the storm tide catastrophe are buried on main cemetry Ohlsdorf on the 1st of March in 1962. All in all, 300 people died in the storm tide...
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26.02.1962 - Head of State Heinrich Lübke (2nd of left) personally says thanks to helpers, who were on duty after the devastating storm tide in the disaster area, during a reception in the Phoe...
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26.02.1962 - Head of State Heinrich Lübke (l) personally says thanks to helpers, who were on duty after the devastating storm tide in the disaster area, during a reception in the Phoenix hall i...
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26.02.1962 - Head of State Heinrich Lübke (l) personally says thanks to helpers, who were on duty after the devastating storm tide in the disaster area, during a reception in the Phoenix hall i...
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22.02.1962 - Vice president of the German Bundestag Professor Carlo Schmid (r, with paper) gives a commemorative speech in the German Bundestag in Bonn on the 22nd of February in 1962 in honour...
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23.02.1962 - Mayor of Hamburg Dr. Paul Nevermann (3rd of left) talks to victims from the disaster area during his visit to an evacuation camp on the Veddel in Hamburg on the 23rd of February in...
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23.02.1962 - Mayor of Hamburg Dr. Paul Nevermann (r) calms down a crying woman (l) during his visit in a camp of evacuated people in Veddel, Hamburg, on the 23rd of February in 1962. The woman...
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21.02.1962 - The Hamburg city-state parliament commemorates the victims of the devastating storm tide with a minute's silence on the 21st of February in 1962. All in all, 300 people died in th...
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13.02.1962 - A truck drives through slight high tide at Hamburg harbour on the 13th of February in 1962. After a strong hurricane had moved across Northern Germany the previous day, there was h...
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05.03.1962 - A car of the ADAC, the German automobile club, from Munich, helps a car owner to repair his car on the 5th of March in 1962 after the devestating storm tide in the disaster area Ha...
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26.02.1962 - An old woman organises her few remaining properties on the 26th of February in 1962 in Hamburg, here her preserved fruit, which she could protect from the devastating storm tide. A...
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26.02.1962 - An old woman organises her few remaining properties on the 26th of February in 1962 in Hamburg, here her preserved fruit, which she could protect from the devastating storm tide. A...
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22.02.1962 - Rubbish and destroyed household contents pile up in front of houses in the disaster area in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg on the 22nd of February in 1962, while clearing-up operations after...
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28.02.1962 - Soldiers of the Federal Armed Forces help with clearing-up operations in the disaster area Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg on the 28th of February in 1962 after the devestating storm tide. Al...
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28.02.1962 - Two children play in the disaster area in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg on the roof of a destroyed VW Kaefer on the 28th of February in 1962. In the background, clearing-up operations after...
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17.02.1962 - Car wrecks lie in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, a huge storm tide hit the N...
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17.02.1962 - Car wrecks lie in front of houses in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, a huge...
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17.02.1962 - Residents of the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg wait on their canopy to be rescued on the 17th of February in 1962. All in all, 300 people died in the storm tide, several t...
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18.02.1962 - Residents of the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg are rescued by helpers and fellow citizens on the 17th of February in 1962. All in all, 300 people died in the storm tide, s...
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17.02.1962 - Residents of the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg are taken out of their house by a rescue team on the 17th of February in 1962. All in all, 300 people died in the storm tide...
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17.02.1962 - Residents, amongst them small children, of the affected and flooded areas are rescued by helpers and fellow citizens on 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to th...
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17.02.1962 - View of trees rising up out of the water in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962,...
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17.02.1962 - View of the houses rising up out of the water in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1...
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17.02.1962 - View of houses rising up out of the water in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962,...
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17.02.1962 - View of a multi-storey building in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, a huge st...
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17.02.1962 - View of a street light rising up out of the water in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February...
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17.02.1962 - View of houses and trees in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, a huge storm tid...
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17.02.1962 - View of houses and trees in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, a huge storm tid...
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17.02.1962 - View of a boulevard full of car wrecks in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, a...
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18.02.1962 - Police men rescue a child from the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 18th of February in 1962. All in all, 300 people died in the storm tide, several thousand people be...
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17.02.1962 - A small boat with two police men drive past a house in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of Februar...
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17.02.1962 - A heavily damaged Soviet ship lies in the harbour of Hamburg, which is affected by high tide on the 17th of Febrary in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in...
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17.02.1962 - A VW Bus stands in front of a house in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. Two concerned residents talk on the stairs in front of the house I...
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17.02.1962 - A VW Kaefer lies horizontally and another car stands in front of a house in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. Affected residents talk in fr...
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17.02.1962 - A VW Kaefer surrounded by many other cars stands deep in the water in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. All in all, 300 people died in the...
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17.02.1962 - A VW Kaefer stands in front of a house in the flooded part of Hamburg Wilhelmsburg on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, a...
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16.02.1972 - A bronze relief of artist Max Schegulla to commemorate the victims of the storm tide in Hamburg in 1962, is unveiled on the 16th of February in 1972. It depicts a stylized wave, w...
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17.02.1962 - A group of children plays in the disaster area in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg on the roof of a destroyed VW Kaefer on the 28th of February in 1962. In the background, clearing-up operatio...
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17.02.1962 - A locomotive lies on its side on the railway in a part of Hamburg, affected by the high tide, on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February i...
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17.02.1962 - Helpers of the Federal Armed Forces and the Red Cross near one of the parts of Hamburg affected by the high tide on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the...
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18.02.1962 - Aerial photograph from a helicopter of the Federal Armed Forces, which flies overflooded Wilhelmsburg, a part of Hamburg, on the 18th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16t...
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17.02.1962 - Two locomotives stand in a part of Hamburg, affected by the high tide, on the 17th of February in 1962. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, a huge storm tid...
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17.02.1962 - Soldiers of the German armed forces rescue victims from the flooed area. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, 315 people died in the storm flood catastrophe,...
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16.02.1962 - Ein junge trägt ein jüngeres Kind auf dem Rücken über die überschwemmt Straße an den Vorsetzen in der Hansestadt Hamburg nach der Sturmflut am 16.02.1962. Das fast über drei Meter...
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18.02.1962 - Bundespräsident Heinrich Lübke (2.v.r.) und Hamburgs Bürgermeister Edgar Engelhard (r) sprechen am 18.02.1962 in Hamburg-Kirchwerder mit einem Polizisten (l) und informieren sich ü...
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02.11.1965 - Freiwillige Helfer bringen Bewohner einer Gartensiedlung in Hamburg-Kirchwerder mit einem Boot in Sicherheit (2. November 1965). Die von den Metereologen vorausgesagte schwere Stur...
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17.02.1962 - Soldiers of the German evacuate victims from the flooed area in a rubber boat. In the night from the 16th to the 17th of February in 1962, 315 people died in the storm flood catast...
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