Heligoland Blown up 1947
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Heligoland Bombed (1950)
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On 20 December 1950, two students and a professor from Heidelberg - Ren'e Leudesdorff, Georg von Hatzfeld and Hubertus zu L"owenstein - occupied the off-limits island and raised various German, European and local flags.[29] The students were arrested by the British military and brought back to the mainland. The event started a movement to restore the islands to Germany, which gained the support of the German parliament. On 1 March 1952, Heligoland was returned to German control, and the former inhabitants were allowed to return.[30] The first of March is an official holiday on the island. The German authorities had to clear a huge amount of undetonated ammunition, landscape the main island, and rebuild the houses before it could be resettled.
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