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The gas chambers in Auschwitz-Birkenau

In March 1943, the first of four large murder facilities went into operation in Auschwitz-Birkenau. The processes in these newly built gas chambers were thought out down to the last detail. Author: ZDF/Winfried Laasch, Friedrich Scherer/Kawom! Translation and redub: alugha Click here to see more

The extermination of Jews under National Socialism

At the Wannsee Conference, Reinhard Heydrich explained the new strategy: the National Socialists no longer want to expel the Jews, but murder them. Extermination camps were created in the East. Author: ZDF/Terra X/L. Schöler/J. Geiß/K. J. Sturm/K. Waldmann/M. Fandel/B. Leng/Margot Friedländer Conte

The 10 Stages of Genocide

The 10 stages of genocide were observed and described by Dr. Gregory Stanton to understand how crimes against humanity take place. This framework is designed to help us identify early warning signs and potentially prevent a human catastrophe. Become a "Change Maker" and support Sprouts with a memb

The Tomb of Tutankhamun

Tutanachamun's burial ground is located in the middle of an underground necropolis with facilities dating from the 18th to 20th dynasties. In 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the entrance to the grave. Author: ZDF/Terra X/C. Moroni/S. Klauser/Group 5/M. Mohr Transcript: alugha Click h

The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

From the end of 1941, a new camp had been built in the so-called "Auschwitz area of interest" of the SS. It was located three kilometers away from the existing Auschwitz concentration camp. Starting in March 1942, people were murdered by poison gas in two former farmhouses in Birkenau. Author: ZDF/

Antarctic station GARS O'Higgins

14,205 kilometres from Berlin, storms rage across the Antarctic Peninsula at speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. Perched on the northern tip, the German Antarctic Receiving Station GARS O'Higgins, operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has defie

NOVA scienceNOW: Mass Extinction

This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW examines a developing theory that might explain a 250-million-year-old "murder mystery." While several possible causes have been considered for the mass extinction that occurred at the end of the Permian period, the scientists featured in the video thi

The Mental Effects Behind Violence

School shootings are becoming more frequent, violence makes the headlines often, and the more our world advances in technology and weaponry, the more we are faced with difficult questions. Will this be a safe place for our children to live in? Are we taking the right measures to be proactive? How ca

Experiments with Alexander Gerst: TRANSPARENT

Exploring melting under microgravity conditions – improving industrial casting processes One of the focal points of research onboard the International Space Station (ISS) is the investigation of crystal growth in metal alloys. Under microgravity conditions, differences in density in the molten mate

9 Traits That Make You More Attractive To Others

Have you ever wondered why some people can attract others to them? It is because they have magnetic personalities. Not everyone has a magnetic personality but we can acquire it with a little practice. If you want to know how they do it, here are a few common traits that magnetic people have develope