Germany
Traditional Crafts
"The last of his kind: The Mollenhauer"
The Mollenhauer (†) — Film from 1996
Who knows what a Mollenhauer is? Probably only a few, as this ancient, archaic craft is almost forgotten. But there is still one who learned it and, as one of the last of his trade, still practices it: Karl Sonnemann from Sehlde, born in 1912.
From a mighty, split poplar trunk, he crafts a "sow trough" – for the peasant's home slaughter, using a technique that astonishes. And along the way, we learn an unexpected secret: One of the world's most highly regarded artists had him "carve" one of his works.
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Traditional Crafts
"The last of his kind: The Mollenhauer"
The Mollenhauer (†) — Film from 1996
Who knows what a Mollenhauer is? Probably only a few, as this ancient, archaic craft is almost forgotten. But there is still one who learned it and, as one of the last of his trade, still practices it: Karl Sonnemann from Sehlde, born in 1912.
From a mighty, split poplar trunk, he crafts a "sow trough" – for the peasant's home slaughter, using a technique that astonishes. And along the way, we learn an unexpected secret: One of the world's most highly regarded artists had him "carve" one of his works.
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Der Letzte seines Standes: Der Mollenhauer
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Fallen German soldier, still wearing his helmet, in no man's land somewhere on the Western Front, circa 1918.
The following is a 19-year-old Danish-German soldier, Asmus Andresen: Diary entry from the Western Front is an incident on May 28, 1918 – 107 years ago today.
"On May 28, I saw one of my comrades walking around very discouraged and not saying a word; when I asked what was wrong, as he looked so dejected, he said he didn't know, but he was probably ill. That was in the morning, but in the afternoon, as we stood by the artillery guns, he approached our officer to report his illness. Just as he stood up and spoke, a shell struck, and a splinter tore open his forehead, exposing his brain. Silently, he slumped to the ground and never got up again. Besides him, there were many others who foresaw a similar fate."
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Fallen German soldier, still wearing his helmet, in no man's land somewhere on the Western Front, circa 1918.
The following is a 19-year-old Danish-German soldier, Asmus Andresen: Diary entry from the Western Front is an incident on May 28, 1918 – 107 years ago today.
"On May 28, I saw one of my comrades walking around very discouraged and not saying a word; when I asked what was wrong, as he looked so dejected, he said he didn't know, but he was probably ill. That was in the morning, but in the afternoon, as we stood by the artillery guns, he approached our officer to report his illness. Just as he stood up and spoke, a shell struck, and a splinter tore open his forehead, exposing his brain. Silently, he slumped to the ground and never got up again. Besides him, there were many others who foresaw a similar fate."
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German Soldiers
Colonel Alfred Druffner! May 28, 1904, Denkendorf - September 30, 1943, near Borrissow
He served in the RW since 1922, initially in the 13th Infantry Regiment (13th Württemberg Infantry Regiment), was promoted to lieutenant in 1927 and to first lieutenant five years later.
Transferred to the 109th Infantry Regiment, he took over the 14th (Anti-Tank) Company and was promoted to captain on November 11, 1935.
During the campaign against Poland, the regiment took up positions along the West Wall and crossed the Dutch border near Rimburg at around 10:00 a.m. on May 10, 1940.
Transferred again after the fighting in the west, Captain D. took over the II. Battalion/Infantry Regiment 519 and marched with the regiment into the Eastern campaign, fighting in the area of the Central Military District near Bryansk and Orel.
After the Infantry Regiment 519 was renamed Grenadier Regiment 519 (October 15, 1942), he became commander of Grenadier Regiment 519 as a lieutenant colonel (since 1942).
At the beginning of 1943, Grenadier Regiment 519 was encircled in heavy defensive action north of Orel. Under his leadership, they not only successfully led a counterattack that drove the enemy, who were three times superior in numbers, from a commanding height, but ultimately led to the opening of the enemy encirclement.
Promoted to colonel and awarded the Order of the Cross, he observed an enemy attack on a neighboring battalion in September. With his own reserve, Colonel D. intervened in the fighting, led a counterattack against an occupied village, drove out the enemy, and thus encircled the broken enemy, who were later defeated.
Two days later, he was severely wounded in a Russian attack.
He died in the military hospital of 1/626 (motorized).
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Colonel Alfred Druffner! May 28, 1904, Denkendorf - September 30, 1943, near Borrissow
He served in the RW since 1922, initially in the 13th Infantry Regiment (13th Württemberg Infantry Regiment), was promoted to lieutenant in 1927 and to first lieutenant five years later.
Transferred to the 109th Infantry Regiment, he took over the 14th (Anti-Tank) Company and was promoted to captain on November 11, 1935.
During the campaign against Poland, the regiment took up positions along the West Wall and crossed the Dutch border near Rimburg at around 10:00 a.m. on May 10, 1940.
Transferred again after the fighting in the west, Captain D. took over the II. Battalion/Infantry Regiment 519 and marched with the regiment into the Eastern campaign, fighting in the area of the Central Military District near Bryansk and Orel.
After the Infantry Regiment 519 was renamed Grenadier Regiment 519 (October 15, 1942), he became commander of Grenadier Regiment 519 as a lieutenant colonel (since 1942).
At the beginning of 1943, Grenadier Regiment 519 was encircled in heavy defensive action north of Orel. Under his leadership, they not only successfully led a counterattack that drove the enemy, who were three times superior in numbers, from a commanding height, but ultimately led to the opening of the enemy encirclement.
Promoted to colonel and awarded the Order of the Cross, he observed an enemy attack on a neighboring battalion in September. With his own reserve, Colonel D. intervened in the fighting, led a counterattack against an occupied village, drove out the enemy, and thus encircled the broken enemy, who were later defeated.
Two days later, he was severely wounded in a Russian attack.
He died in the military hospital of 1/626 (motorized).
EKII 20.12.40, EKI 06.08.41, Infantry Assault Badge 40, DKiG 27.10.41, Eastern Medal 21.07.42, RK 06.04.1943, EL 30.11.1943 (posthumously)
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2077 Tage Kampfhandlungen!
Hierbei zeichneten sich besonders die Ritterkreuzträger aus.
Zu Ihrem Wiegenfest, gedenken wir den jeweiligen Helden, mit einem kurzen Einblick in ihren Lebenslauf.
Es gilt für uns - kein Vergessen diesen vorbildlichen Soldaten!
Hierbei zeichneten sich besonders die Ritterkreuzträger aus.
Zu Ihrem Wiegenfest, gedenken wir den jeweiligen Helden, mit einem kurzen Einblick in ihren Lebenslauf.
Es gilt für uns - kein Vergessen diesen vorbildlichen Soldaten!
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May 28, 1871: The 72-day uprising of the "National Committee of the National Guard" and the Parisian population allied with it (Paris Commune), which began, among other things, with the rejection of the armistice conditions after the Franco-Prussian War, ends after six weeks of bombardment of Paris in the "Bloody Week" from May 21 to 28. 20,000-30,000 people lose their lives in the fighting and the mass executions that follow. 147 leading figures of the uprising are shot at the wall of the Père Lachaise cemetery.
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May 28, 1871: The 72-day uprising of the "National Committee of the National Guard" and the Parisian population allied with it (Paris Commune), which began, among other things, with the rejection of the armistice conditions after the Franco-Prussian War, ends after six weeks of bombardment of Paris in the "Bloody Week" from May 21 to 28. 20,000-30,000 people lose their lives in the fighting and the mass executions that follow. 147 leading figures of the uprising are shot at the wall of the Père Lachaise cemetery.
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Semaine sanglante
The Semaine sanglante ("Bloody Week") was a weeklong battle in Paris from 21 to 28 May 1871, during which the French Army recaptured the city from the Paris Commune. This was the final battle of the Paris Commune.
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German Men
Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his flight that ended with a landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. Then a teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, without authorization. According to Russian claims he was tracked several times by Soviet Air Defence Forces and civilian air traffic controllers, as well as Soviet Air Force interceptor aircraft. The Soviet fighters did not receive permission to shoot him down, and his aeroplane was mistaken for a friendly aircraft several times. Also, 28 May 1987 was Border Guards Day, leaving many guards distracted. He landed on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, next to Red Square near the Kremlin in the capital of the USSR.
Rust said he wanted to create an "imaginary bridge" to the East, and that his flight was intended to reduce tension and suspicion between the two Cold War sides.
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Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his flight that ended with a landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. Then a teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, without authorization. According to Russian claims he was tracked several times by Soviet Air Defence Forces and civilian air traffic controllers, as well as Soviet Air Force interceptor aircraft. The Soviet fighters did not receive permission to shoot him down, and his aeroplane was mistaken for a friendly aircraft several times. Also, 28 May 1987 was Border Guards Day, leaving many guards distracted. He landed on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, next to Red Square near the Kremlin in the capital of the USSR.
Rust said he wanted to create an "imaginary bridge" to the East, and that his flight was intended to reduce tension and suspicion between the two Cold War sides.
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Kremlin Caper: Mathias Rust's Landing on Red Square | People & Politics
On May 28, 1987, Mathias Rust made headlines when he piloted a rented Cessna across the Iron Curtain, landing it in Red Square in front of the Kremlin. The West German teenager regarded his unauthorized landing as a peace mission.
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German Soldiers
In memory of,
Hellmuth Felmy
* May 28, 1885 in Berlin
† December 14, 1965 in Darmstadt
was a German officer in the German Army (pioneer of the air force), the protection force (June 1, 1918 to December 30, 1918), the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, most recently general of the air force and commanding general of the XXXIV. Army Corps in World War II.
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In memory of,
Hellmuth Felmy
* May 28, 1885 in Berlin
† December 14, 1965 in Darmstadt
was a German officer in the German Army (pioneer of the air force), the protection force (June 1, 1918 to December 30, 1918), the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, most recently general of the air force and commanding general of the XXXIV. Army Corps in World War II.
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German Soldiers
Covered in dirt and grime and holding an MG42 machine gun that appears to be almost as tall as himself, with a tired, faraway look in his eyes. It is the young machine gunner Günter Strelow from the III. Platoon / 15th Company / 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment.
The Panzer Division "HJ" awaits orders to return to the defended Caen area during the Battle of Normandy. This photo was taken shortly after D-Day at the Abbey of Ardenne in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe. On June 11th Günter fell. He was born on May 28, 1926 and had only turned 18 two weeks before his death. Günter Strelow is buried in the La Cambe German War Cemetery: Grave 114 / Block 30.
Photo by SS war correspondent Wilfried Woscidlo
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Covered in dirt and grime and holding an MG42 machine gun that appears to be almost as tall as himself, with a tired, faraway look in his eyes. It is the young machine gunner Günter Strelow from the III. Platoon / 15th Company / 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment.
The Panzer Division "HJ" awaits orders to return to the defended Caen area during the Battle of Normandy. This photo was taken shortly after D-Day at the Abbey of Ardenne in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe. On June 11th Günter fell. He was born on May 28, 1926 and had only turned 18 two weeks before his death. Günter Strelow is buried in the La Cambe German War Cemetery: Grave 114 / Block 30.
Photo by SS war correspondent Wilfried Woscidlo
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German WWII History
Western campaign: On May 28, 1940, Belgium surrendered.
Image: Headline about the Belgian surrender in the "New York Times".
Image: After the surrender, Belgian soldiers go to a prisoner collection point that the Wehrmacht had set up. White flags can be seen on their vehicles as a sign of abandonment.
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Western campaign: On May 28, 1940, Belgium surrendered.
Image: Headline about the Belgian surrender in the "New York Times".
Image: After the surrender, Belgian soldiers go to a prisoner collection point that the Wehrmacht had set up. White flags can be seen on their vehicles as a sign of abandonment.
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British/Russian Crimes
Austria on May 28, 1945: Rounded up by the British, Cossacks of the XV. Cossack Cav. Corps their extradition to the Soviets. That meant certain death at the hands of Stalin's firing squad.
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Austria on May 28, 1945: Rounded up by the British, Cossacks of the XV. Cossack Cav. Corps their extradition to the Soviets. That meant certain death at the hands of Stalin's firing squad.
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Austria on May 28, 1945: Rounded up by the British, Cossacks of the XV. Cossack Cav. Corps their extradition to the Soviets. That meant certain death at the hands of Stalin's firing squad.
“In 1943, men from the areas of the Don, Kuban, Terek and Urals who were captured by German troops voluntarily joined the 1st Cossack Division (from 1944 XV Cossack Cav. Corps) under the German General Helmuth von Pannwitz in order to work together with the German Wehrmacht fighting for their liberation from the Bolshevik regime. At the end of the war, the corps consisted of around 20,000 Cossacks, 30,000 horses and around 2,500 German frame personnel. The operational area was the Balkans. At the end of the war, the association fought its way back to East Tyrol in the Lienz basin and went into custody of the British occupying troops of the V British Corps and hoped not to be handed over to the Red Army. Believing in the honor and humanity of the British, which was also nurtured by their promises from high places, the Cossacks allowed themselves to be disarmed by the British. The transport began on May 28th without knowing where the journey was going from East Tyrol. A large number of heavy military trucks were made available. Countless Cossacks fled and sought death by drowning in the snowy Drava. British machine-gun nests and armored patrol cars were stationed every hundred meters along the road towards Judenburg, so escape was hopeless. Armed guards also rode in the trucks. In Judenburg, where the long column came to a standstill in front of the British and Soviet bridgeheads, the heavily armed British stood hand in hand on the side of the road. When the Cossacks and their German former supervisors saw the Red Army at the northern bridgehead of the 75-meter-wide Mur, most of them panicked: they tore up the sacred photographs of their relatives and tore awards and rank badges from their uniforms. The Landtorberg (the new driveway around the arbor into the city) was covered by it. The Austrian population also had bad prospects from Stalin's troops, into whose hands they would be handed over on May 28, 1945. The Street of Fear in Judenburg was lined with weeping women all the way to the British bridgehead on the southern bank of the Mur. In Judenburg, the English military handed over around 20,000 Cossacks and 783 fellow prisoners of the German frame staff to the Red Army from May 28, 1945. Almost all of the Cossack officers had already been murdered by Stalin’s henchmen in Judenburg by being shot in the neck.”
(From the autobiographical notes of the former Wehrmacht first lieutenant Karl-Gottfried Vierkorn: “Trapped in Siberia”, self-published 1994, 3rd edition.)
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Austria on May 28, 1945: Rounded up by the British, Cossacks of the XV. Cossack Cav. Corps their extradition to the Soviets. That meant certain death at the hands of Stalin's firing squad.
“In 1943, men from the areas of the Don, Kuban, Terek and Urals who were captured by German troops voluntarily joined the 1st Cossack Division (from 1944 XV Cossack Cav. Corps) under the German General Helmuth von Pannwitz in order to work together with the German Wehrmacht fighting for their liberation from the Bolshevik regime. At the end of the war, the corps consisted of around 20,000 Cossacks, 30,000 horses and around 2,500 German frame personnel. The operational area was the Balkans. At the end of the war, the association fought its way back to East Tyrol in the Lienz basin and went into custody of the British occupying troops of the V British Corps and hoped not to be handed over to the Red Army. Believing in the honor and humanity of the British, which was also nurtured by their promises from high places, the Cossacks allowed themselves to be disarmed by the British. The transport began on May 28th without knowing where the journey was going from East Tyrol. A large number of heavy military trucks were made available. Countless Cossacks fled and sought death by drowning in the snowy Drava. British machine-gun nests and armored patrol cars were stationed every hundred meters along the road towards Judenburg, so escape was hopeless. Armed guards also rode in the trucks. In Judenburg, where the long column came to a standstill in front of the British and Soviet bridgeheads, the heavily armed British stood hand in hand on the side of the road. When the Cossacks and their German former supervisors saw the Red Army at the northern bridgehead of the 75-meter-wide Mur, most of them panicked: they tore up the sacred photographs of their relatives and tore awards and rank badges from their uniforms. The Landtorberg (the new driveway around the arbor into the city) was covered by it. The Austrian population also had bad prospects from Stalin's troops, into whose hands they would be handed over on May 28, 1945. The Street of Fear in Judenburg was lined with weeping women all the way to the British bridgehead on the southern bank of the Mur. In Judenburg, the English military handed over around 20,000 Cossacks and 783 fellow prisoners of the German frame staff to the Red Army from May 28, 1945. Almost all of the Cossack officers had already been murdered by Stalin’s henchmen in Judenburg by being shot in the neck.”
(From the autobiographical notes of the former Wehrmacht first lieutenant Karl-Gottfried Vierkorn: “Trapped in Siberia”, self-published 1994, 3rd edition.)
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German Soldiers
Captain dR and Colonel Feldmeister Rudolf Bornhof! May 28, 1914, Rogasen/Posen - January 26, 1944, Myedved/USSR
The later Hptm dR served full-time in the RAD since 34, was drafted in 37, served in the IR 38, 8th ID in Poland, France and Russia. The IR 38 fought its way through Suwalki and Grodno to Wjazma, was renamed Jäger-Rgt 38 on December 15, 1941 and took part in the siege of Leningrad.
On April 20, 1942 he received it. Lt dR B. gave the order to cross the Lowat near Ramuschewo with the 1./JR 38 and to occupy parts of the town. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he pushed beyond the target, occupied the eastern edge of the village and crushed a Russian counterattack that threatened the open flank of his regiment.
He fell at the opening of the Leningrad blockade, north of Mjedved on Lake Ilmen.
EKII 03.06.40, EKI 20.09.40, infantry assault badge, wounded badge. silver, Eastern medal, RK May 3, 1942
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Captain dR and Colonel Feldmeister Rudolf Bornhof! May 28, 1914, Rogasen/Posen - January 26, 1944, Myedved/USSR
The later Hptm dR served full-time in the RAD since 34, was drafted in 37, served in the IR 38, 8th ID in Poland, France and Russia. The IR 38 fought its way through Suwalki and Grodno to Wjazma, was renamed Jäger-Rgt 38 on December 15, 1941 and took part in the siege of Leningrad.
On April 20, 1942 he received it. Lt dR B. gave the order to cross the Lowat near Ramuschewo with the 1./JR 38 and to occupy parts of the town. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he pushed beyond the target, occupied the eastern edge of the village and crushed a Russian counterattack that threatened the open flank of his regiment.
He fell at the opening of the Leningrad blockade, north of Mjedved on Lake Ilmen.
EKII 03.06.40, EKI 20.09.40, infantry assault badge, wounded badge. silver, Eastern medal, RK May 3, 1942
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WWII History
Belgium on May 28, 1940: A Wehrmacht officer talking to Belgian soldiers.
Belgium on May 28, 1940: Landser distributes water to the defeated Belgian soldiers.
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Belgium on May 28, 1940: A Wehrmacht officer talking to Belgian soldiers.
Belgium on May 28, 1940: Landser distributes water to the defeated Belgian soldiers.
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American History
May 28, 1830: US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act to forcibly relocate the Indians of North America.
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May 28, 1830: US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act to forcibly relocate the Indians of North America.
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Indian Removal Act
law signed on May 28, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson
German Soldiers
Photo: General Schmückle with NATO Commander Haig 1979
Gerd Schmückle (1 December 1917 – 28 May 2013) was a German four-star general. Schmückle served in the 7th Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel during the Fall of France. With this division he later fought in the Soviet Union where he was wounded six times. In early 1944, he was promoted to the German General Staff, major and artillery battalion commander. After the surrender of the Wehrmacht in 1945 he operated a farm in Bavaria and worked as a journalist. In 1956, he joined the Bundeswehr where he was promoted to general in 1978.
From 1978 to 1980 he was Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, the first German to hold the post.
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Photo: General Schmückle with NATO Commander Haig 1979
Gerd Schmückle (1 December 1917 – 28 May 2013) was a German four-star general. Schmückle served in the 7th Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel during the Fall of France. With this division he later fought in the Soviet Union where he was wounded six times. In early 1944, he was promoted to the German General Staff, major and artillery battalion commander. After the surrender of the Wehrmacht in 1945 he operated a farm in Bavaria and worked as a journalist. In 1956, he joined the Bundeswehr where he was promoted to general in 1978.
From 1978 to 1980 he was Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, the first German to hold the post.
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