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Willi Belz came from a working class background:family and was active in Kassel all his life: In March 1933 He is arrested with his father Konrad and his brother Ernst and taken to the Bürgersäle restaurant, an SA torture cellar. After his release, Willi stays as part … ▷
Retail workers nationwide went on strike on Friday for higher wages. There was also a lot going on in Kassel 60 Food workers, clothing- and furniture stores on the street. The strike demonstration was accompanied by music, Whistles and the slogan “Today is not a working day, today is strike day!“through the … ▷
In April, the Bundeswehr carried out its first tests with remote-controlled cockroaches from the Kassel start-up SWARM Biotactics. The ones with little “backpacks” made of sensors, Cockroaches equipped with cameras and microphones will help the army with military reconnaissance in the future. Using electrical impulses, the so-called AutoBugs are supposed to be in small … ▷
Tumults at the AfD in the Werra-Meißner district The top candidate of the AfD in the Werra-Meißner district left the party in May. Berthold Hartmann accuses the regional association of radicalizing itself and has therefore left the party. The regional association, on the other hand, sees behavior that is harmful to the party on the part of the top candidate Hartmann. Allegations around … ▷
Possible sale of Alstom to defense companyThe Alstom locomotive factory in Kassel could be sold. The question arises again, whether civilian industry will be transferred to arms production. According to HNA, there are discussions with a possible buyer, The employees were informed about this via a notice at the end of April. … ▷
today (12.05.) ist internationaler ME/CFS-Aktionstag. Der Tag soll Aufmerksamkeit auf die schwere neuroimmunologische Erkrankung legen, an der in Deutschland laut Schätzungen mehrere hunderttausend Menschen betroffen sind. Auch in Kassel fanden dieses Jahre Aktionen zum ME/CFS Tag statt. Bei einer Liegenddemonstation am vergangenen Freitag wurde für … ▷
110 The new resident parking permit costs euros, people in Kassel have had to buy since this month. The ID card was initially introduced in the Vorderer Westen districts, Wehlheiden and Wilhelmshöhe. The regulation should also be in the northern part of the city in July, Rothenditmold, Südstadt, Unterneustadt and the Wesertor apply. … ▷
In Kassel one of the... 24 new Bundeswehr muster centers are created. Some of the men over 18 years of age will be there as part of the military service reform from 01. July 2027 must be sampled. The city of Kassel was selected due to its high population density and a potentially high number of applicants. … ▷