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• The Hindenburg was Nazi Germany's pride and joy
• It spent one season ferrying passengers across the Atlantic in its luxurious belly
• The following year, the airship ere screeched to a spectacular halt when the Hindenburg burst into flames
• This event occurred while landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey
• On May 6th the hindenburg Claimed 36 lives out of 97 and received an enormous amount of media coverage

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• Was a 245 meter (805 feet) long airship
• Maximum speed 135km (84mph)
• Launched in Friedrichshafen, Germany in March 1936
• Was speculated as an anti-nazi act of sabotage
• Designed to be filled with helium but was filled with flammable hydrogen

CAUSE

• The fire was officially attributed to a discharge of
• Atmospheric electricity in the vicinity of a hydrogen
• Gas leak from the airship.
• This disaster marked the end of the use of rigid airships
• Especially for commercial transportation.

WHERE IT HAPPENED

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• Survivor Werner Doehner

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LAYOUT

PRIMARY SOURCES

• Http://Youtu.be/zWKyYRJEcRo

QUIZ

HOW MANY LIVES WERE CLAIMED?

WHEN WAS THE HINDENBURG LAUNCHED?

HOW DID THE DISASTER HAPPEN?