Log of a disaster

Protocol of a Catastrophe is a multi-part documentary series that has been produced since 2002 by various TV production companies for broadcasters of the ARD (mainly the WDR ). So far, 12 episodes have been verifiably created.

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In the series of programs, serious accidents, major incidents and catastrophes of national and international relevance are retrospectively examined and documented. As a dramaturgical means u. a. Interviews with contemporary witnesses, as well as original image and film documents (e.g. TV reports, private image recordings) are used and the respective original locations are visited. It is about a " detailed description " of the accidents, as evidenced by historical archive material and conversations with contemporary witnesses who have " never been shown in this form ", said Claudia Schreiner, MDR program director for culture and science, in an interview from the 2003 on the series - in addition to other ARD broadcasters, the MDR is also responsible for some episodes.

Episode overview

title	Year of production	responsible Broadcaster	content	Duration (Min.) format
Russia's nightmare - the sinking of the Kursk	2002	WDRARTE	The sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk on August 12, 2000 in the Barents Sea . After an explosion on board, the submarine sank 180 kilometers northeast of Murmansk to a depth of 108 meters. At least 23 crew members initially survived inside the boat, but could not free themselves from this depth on their own - all 118 crew members were ultimately killed.	approx 45 4: 3
The storm surge	2002	WDR	The storm surge of 1962 , during which the hurricane Vincinette, on the night of February 16-17, 1962, triggered a catastrophe that hit the entire German North Sea coast . In the city of Hamburg alone, where water flooded a fifth of the city of two million, 315 people died. A total of 340 people died as a result of the storm surge.
The Hindenburg disaster	2002	WDR	The accident of the Zeppelin airship LZ 129 "Hindenburg" on May 6, 1937 when it landed after 77 hours of crossing the Atlantic in Lakehurst (New Jersey, USA). 35 of the 97 people on board and one member of the ground crew were killed.
The Baikonur inferno	2003	MDR	The rocket accident known as the Nedelin catastrophe at the Soviet Baikonur cosmodrome , a spaceport in southern Kazakhstan north of the city of Baikonur, in which at least 126 people died on October 24, 1960 in the explosion of a military ICBM .	approx 45 4: 3
The Lengede drama	2003	WDR	The Lengede mine disaster on October 24, 1963 in the Lengede-Broistedt iron ore mine in Lower Saxony where 29 miners died underground. The rescue of eleven trapped miners after 14 days, which was hardly considered possible, went down in history as a miracle of Lengede .
The tank on the rails	2003	MDR	Railway accident in Forst Zinna on January 19th, 1988 in which an express train collided with a tank of the Soviet armed forces in Germany on the Berlin – Halle railway line between Jüterbog and Luckenwalde .	approx 45 4: 3
The mysterious sinking of the GDR tanker Böhlen	2007	MDR	The sinking of the oil tanker Böhlen , a ship belonging to the Deutsche Seereederei Rostock (DSR) , on October 14, 1976 off the west coast of France. The ship was on its way from Venezuela to Rostock . 24 crew members and two accompanying wives died in the sinking.	approx 45 4: 3
The crash of the Concorde	2006	WDR	The crash of Air France flight 4590 , a Concorde that crashed on July 25, 2000 shortly after taking off from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport near Gonesse . All 109 inmates and four people were killed on the ground, and another person on the ground was seriously injured.	approx 45 4: 3
The Düsseldorf airport fire	2006	WDR	The fire disaster at Düsseldorf Airport triggered by welding work on April 11, 1996 , in which 17 people died and another 88 were injured.	approx 45 4: 3
The Kaprun cable car fire	2007	BR	The fire disaster on the Kaprun 2 glacier lift in Austria, in which 155 people died in a fire on November 11, 2000.	approx 45 4: 3
The snow chaos in 1978	2007	MDR	The snow catastrophe in northern Germany at the turn of the year 1978/1979 of extraordinary proportions, which, in contrast to many other accidents , can be described as a real disaster .	approx 45 4: 3
The Volkhoven rampage	2014	WDR	The rampage, known as the Volkhoven assassination, of a 42-year-old early retiree who fatally injured eight children and two teachers with a self-made flamethrower and a lance on June 11, 1964 at an elementary school in Cologne 's Volkhoven district . Another 20 children and two teachers suffered severe burns .	approx 45 4: 3

Production details

episode	Director book	camera Camera assistant	volume mixture	cut	speaker	Cooperation Research	editorial staff	Recording manager	production Production Manager	Computer animation graphic	Thanks to / sources
Russia's nightmare - the sinking of the Kursk	Christian H. Schulz Christian H. Schulz	Sebastian Hattop Eduard Gorboprukov Arved von zur Mühlen	Arved von zur Mühlen	Martin Schröder Ass .: Marion Rettig	Thomas Dehler Walter Niklaus Susanne Stein Tom Vogt Franziska Weber		Matthias Kremin Philippe Muller		A production by LE Vision Leipzig / Moscow in coproduction with WDR producer: Simone Baumann Producer: Andrei Blagodyrenko Mandy Kreisl		Babelsberg Film Park
The storm surge
The Hindenburg disaster
The Baikonur inferno	Martin Huebner	Juri Protzky Till Ludwig	Sergei Onufried Thomas Weiss	Steffen Werner	Peter Buchholz	Rudi Meier and Yuri Salnikov Konrad Ege	Heribert Schneider	Domink Godehardt	k. A. Holger Kouschil	k. A. ARD design	Rosavia cosmos SKS Moscow Alexander Surikov
The Lengede drama	Frank Bürgin						Matthias Kremin		Slow motion GmbH
The tank on the rails	Sandro Poggendorf	Uwe S. Tautenhahn Oliver Klein	Oliver Klein	Michael Schehl	Peter Buchholz	Martina Wiedemann k. A.	Martin Huebner		A ZEPO-FILM production on behalf of the MDR k. A.	k. A. ARD design	Federal Archives Freiburg Federal Archives Berlin DRA Potsdam Military history Museum of the Bundeswehr Dresden Deutsche Bahn AG
The mysterious sinking of the GDR tanker Böhlen	Michael Erler	Till Ludwig Jens Brode	k. A. Thomas White	Uwe Lerch	Josef Tratnik	Elisabeth Donnet Nicole StandtkeRommy Helms Melanie Frerk	Martin Huebner Katja Wildermuth	Frank Bartuschat	k. A. Holger Kouschil	k. A. ARD design	Rostock Maritime Museum Traditional ship "peace" Marine safety training center in Neustadt / Holstein Flotilla 32F LANVEOC POULMIC INA PROGRESS BStU
The crash of the Concorde	Peter Bardehle Angela Volkner Peter Bardehle	Beatrice MayerJörn Schäfer	Merle JohnteMarcus Jonas	Jörn Schäfer	Josef Tratnik, Henning Freiberg, and Rainer Hagedorn Bodo Primus	Hannah Lenitzki	Christian Hinz		A Vidicom production on behalf of the WDR Producer: Peter Bardehle		Galaxy press Vidicom film archive Airbus Industries Paris Fire Brigade
The Düsseldorf airport fire	Frank Bürgin	Klaus Reinelt, Thomas Bialek, Ferhat Engin Thomas Walter	Sound design: Christoph Glade Title music: Jo Barnikel Stephan Wildfire Gerald Steuler	Johannes Apel	Josef Tratnik, Detlef Dickmann, Jean Faure	k. A. Fabiola Falentin	Matthias Kremin	Kirsten Schauries	A production of the zeitlupe GmbH Gelsenkirchen Producer Paris: Valerie Theobalt-Bauer	Bernd Terstegge	Professional fire department Düsseldorf
The Kaprun cable car fire	André Beaupoil Thomas Hausner André Beaupoil Thomas Hausner	Harry BruntzHans Fischer	Stefan Held	Gerd Reichert Vera van Appeldorn	Josef Tratnik		Astrid Harms-Limmer
The snow chaos in 1978	Katja Herr	Markus ZergiebelPeter Müllauer	Sebastian Wagner Jan Kersting	Maja CalamusMartin SchröderMarcus Dippner	Josef Tratnik		Katja WildermuthHeribert Schneider	Frank Bartuschat	k. A. Holger Kouschil	k. A. ARD design
The Volkhoven rampage	Lothar Schröder	Florian Brückner	Michael Ciesla Tom Dokoupil	Lothar Schröder	Dieter Schiffer		Adrian Lehnigk		A production by beta bande on behalf of the WDR Christian Wulf

Remarks

↑ As of September 15, 2019
↑ ^a ^b This production was possibly also used for the MDR series Forgotten Catastrophes (listed accordingly on fernsehserien.de and wunschliste.de) The information mentioned here in the article comes from the specified sources and a complete TV recording (private archive) of this episode. They justify verifiably and bindingly, an assignment of this episode to the series protocol of a disaster .
↑ Michael Erler presented the sinking of the ship for the first time in his documentary Sink the Bohlen (proven broadcasting for example. Arte theme evening sinking at sea on July 10, 2005). He visited in October 2005, the DSR-sailors eV in Reinberg , an association of former seamen of the DSR and talked to them about the film. The film, which was then revised by Erler for the series Protocol of a Catastrophe , bears the title The enigmatic sinking of the GDR tanker Böhlen (MDR 2007, 45 min .; ARD first broadcast probably on February 2, 2007 - see individual references).
↑ This film was made on the basis of an earlier production: The Disaster Winter 1978/79 - When the East Sank into Snow (Director: Katja Herr; Camera: Markus Zergiebel; Sound; Sebastian Wagner; Editing: Maja Calamus, Martin Schröder, Markus Dippner; collaboration : Corad Ostwald; Speaker: Frank Sieckel; Recording Manager: Frank Bartuschat, Katharina Behrens; Production Manager: Holger Kouschil; Editor: Katja Wildermuth; A production by MDR-Fernssehen; 2003) (Source: Private Archives)
↑ This film served as the basis for the later production: Sechs Tage Eiszeit - Der Katastrophenwinter 1978/79 (Script & Director: Katja Herr; Camera: Jürgen Rehberg, Sebastian Jacobi, David Bochmann; Sound: Jens Mattner, Jörg Weiman; Montage: Richard Krause, Henrik Fehse; animation: Sascha Knorr; dramaturgical advice: Heribert Schwarze; assistant editor: Karsten Schunemann; color grading: Kay Dombrowsky; sound design: Henrik Fehse; speaker: Hansi Jochmann; music: Philipp Kumpel, Andreas Moisa; sound mix: Hans Kolling; research : Karsten Schunemann, Claudia Grunder, Aleksandra Syta; production assistants: Christine Stephani, Manuela Strauch; production management: Sascha Beier, Evelyn Wenzel (MDR); editing: Martin Hübner; a production by Saxonia Entertainment GmbH on behalf of the MDR, 2018; EA: 2 January 2019 MDR) (source: private archive)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ RZ-Online: New documentary series in the first. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d schedule, Friday August 15, 2003. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Russia's Nightmare - The Fall of the Kursk, Documentary, 2002 | Crew United. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch ^ci ^cj ^ck ^cl ^cm ^cn ^co ^cp ^cq ^cr ^cs ^ct ^cu ^cv ^cw ^cx ^cy ^cz ^da ^db ^dc ^dd ^de ^df ^dg ^dh ^di ^dj ^dk ^dl ^dm ^dn ^do ^dp ^dq ^dr ^ds ^dt ^du ^dv ^dw ^dx ^dy ^dz ^ea ^eb ^ec ^ed ^ee ^ef ^eg ^eh ^ei ^ej ^ek ^el ^em ^en ^eo ^ep ^eq ^er ^es ^et ^eu ^ev ^ew ^ex ^ey ^ez ^fa ^fb ^fc ^fd ^fe ^ff ^fg ^fh ^fi ^fj ^fk ^fl ^fm ^fn ^fo ^fp ^fq ^fr ^fs ^ft ^fu ^fv ^fw ^fx ^fy Individual evidence taken from the credits of the respective episode
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d schedule, Friday August 15, 2003. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d PHOENIX broadcast schedule Wednesday, August 27, 2003. Accessed on September 11, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c PHOENIX schedule for Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Accessed on September 11, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Lengede Drama - Protocol of a Catastrophe, Documentary, 2003 | Crew United. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

↑ Forst Zinna Rail disaster. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c PHOENIX broadcast schedule , Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Accessed on September 11, 2019 .

↑ Guest book. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

^ TV week, July 9th to 15th: Daniel Brühl practices the evil eye . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed September 14, 2019]).

↑ Guest book. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

↑ Meeting_31. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

↑ PHOENIX broadcast schedule , Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Accessed on September 14, 2019 .

^ Filmography Michael. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c Protocol of a Disaster - The Crash of Concorde, Documentary, 2006 | Crew United. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Düsseldorf airport fire 1996 - The worst catastrophe [German] [HD] [complete documentary]. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Protocol of a disaster - The airport fire in Düsseldorf, Report, 2006 | Crew United. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 2 - Log of a disaster - The cable car fire in Kaprun. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lutz Wendler: The snow catastrophe 1978/79. December 29, 2008, accessed September 11, 2019 .

↑ Katja Herr. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

↑ Interview with documentary filmmaker Katja Herr. In: mdr.de. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c broadcast schedule December 16, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c The Amok run in Volkhoven - Protocol of a disaster, documentary, 2014 | Crew United. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b Print - The magazine for West German broadcasting. In: wdr.de. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

^ The rampage of Volkhoven - protocol of a disaster. In: Programm.ARD.de. June 6, 2014, accessed June 3, 2018 .

↑ Reinhard Lüke: WDR documentary: rampage at a German school. In: NOZ.de. June 5, 2014, accessed June 3, 2018 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l The flamethrower school rampage in Volkhoven on June 11, 1964. Accessed on September 13, 2019 .

[1] As of September 15, 2019

[:02-10] This production was possibly also used for the MDR series Forgotten Catastrophes (listed accordingly on fernsehserien.de and wunschliste.de) The information mentioned here in the article comes from the specified sources and a complete TV recording (private archive) of this episode. They justify verifiably and bindingly, an assignment of this episode to the series protocol of a disaster .

[17] Michael Erler presented the sinking of the ship for the first time in his documentary Sink the Bohlen (proven broadcasting for example. Arte theme evening sinking at sea on July 10, 2005). He visited in October 2005, the DSR-sailors eV in Reinberg , an association of former seamen of the DSR and talked to them about the film. The film, which was then revised by Erler for the series Protocol of a Catastrophe , bears the title The enigmatic sinking of the GDR tanker Böhlen (MDR 2007, 45 min .; ARD first broadcast probably on February 2, 2007 - see individual references).

[27] This film was made on the basis of an earlier production: The Disaster Winter 1978/79 - When the East Sank into Snow (Director: Katja Herr; Camera: Markus Zergiebel; Sound; Sebastian Wagner; Editing: Maja Calamus, Martin Schröder, Markus Dippner; collaboration : Corad Ostwald; Speaker: Frank Sieckel; Recording Manager: Frank Bartuschat, Katharina Behrens; Production Manager: Holger Kouschil; Editor: Katja Wildermuth; A production by MDR-Fernssehen; 2003) (Source: Private Archives)

[28] This film served as the basis for the later production: Sechs Tage Eiszeit - Der Katastrophenwinter 1978/79 (Script & Director: Katja Herr; Camera: Jürgen Rehberg, Sebastian Jacobi, David Bochmann; Sound: Jens Mattner, Jörg Weiman; Montage: Richard Krause, Henrik Fehse; animation: Sascha Knorr; dramaturgical advice: Heribert Schwarze; assistant editor: Karsten Schunemann; color grading: Kay Dombrowsky; sound design: Henrik Fehse; speaker: Hansi Jochmann; music: Philipp Kumpel, Andreas Moisa; sound mix: Hans Kolling; research : Karsten Schunemann, Claudia Grunder, Aleksandra Syta; production assistants: Christine Stephani, Manuela Strauch; production management: Sascha Beier, Evelyn Wenzel (MDR); editing: Martin Hübner; a production by Saxonia Entertainment GmbH on behalf of the MDR, 2018; EA: 2 January 2019 MDR) (source: private archive)

[:172-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ RZ-Online: New documentary series in the first. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:82-3] schedule, Friday August 15, 2003. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:132-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Russia's Nightmare - The Fall of the Kursk, Documentary, 2002 | Crew United. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .

[:422-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch ^ci ^cj ^ck ^cl ^cm ^cn ^co ^cp ^cq ^cr ^cs ^ct ^cu ^cv ^cw ^cx ^cy ^cz ^da ^db ^dc ^dd ^de ^df ^dg ^dh ^di ^dj ^dk ^dl ^dm ^dn ^do ^dp ^dq ^dr ^ds ^dt ^du ^dv ^dw ^dx ^dy ^dz ^ea ^eb ^ec ^ed ^ee ^ef ^eg ^eh ^ei ^ej ^ek ^el ^em ^en ^eo ^ep ^eq ^er ^es ^et ^eu ^ev ^ew ^ex ^ey ^ez ^fa ^fb ^fc ^fd ^fe ^ff ^fg ^fh ^fi ^fj ^fk ^fl ^fm ^fn ^fo ^fp ^fq ^fr ^fs ^ft ^fu ^fv ^fw ^fx ^fy Individual evidence taken from the credits of the respective episode

[:72-6] schedule, Friday August 15, 2003. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:122-7] PHOENIX broadcast schedule Wednesday, August 27, 2003. Accessed on September 11, 2019 .

[:43-8] PHOENIX schedule for Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Accessed on September 11, 2019 .

[:02-9] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Lengede Drama - Protocol of a Catastrophe, Documentary, 2003 | Crew United. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[11] Forst Zinna Rail disaster. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:52-12] PHOENIX broadcast schedule , Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Accessed on September 11, 2019 .

[13] Guest book. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

[14] TV week, July 9th to 15th: Daniel Brühl practices the evil eye . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed September 14, 2019]).

[15] Guest book. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

[16] Meeting_31. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

[:222-18] PHOENIX broadcast schedule , Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Accessed on September 14, 2019 .

[:102-19] Filmography Michael. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:23-20] Protocol of a Disaster - The Crash of Concorde, Documentary, 2006 | Crew United. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:92-21] Düsseldorf airport fire 1996 - The worst catastrophe [German] [HD] [complete documentary]. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:32-22] Protocol of a disaster - The airport fire in Düsseldorf, Report, 2006 | Crew United. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:162-23] 2 - Log of a disaster - The cable car fire in Kaprun. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

[:112-24] Lutz Wendler: The snow catastrophe 1978/79. December 29, 2008, accessed September 11, 2019 .

[25] Katja Herr. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

[26] Interview with documentary filmmaker Katja Herr. In: mdr.de. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .

[:62-29] broadcast schedule December 16, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:18-30] The Amok run in Volkhoven - Protocol of a disaster, documentary, 2014 | Crew United. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[:142-31] Print - The magazine for West German broadcasting. In: wdr.de. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .

[32] The rampage of Volkhoven - protocol of a disaster. In: Programm.ARD.de. June 6, 2014, accessed June 3, 2018 .

[33] Reinhard Lüke: WDR documentary: rampage at a German school. In: NOZ.de. June 5, 2014, accessed June 3, 2018 .

[:152-34] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l The flamethrower school rampage in Volkhoven on June 11, 1964. Accessed on September 13, 2019 .