Gladbeck
Americannoun
noun
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More than 350 of the Jews deported on Jan. 27, 1942 were from Gelsenkirchen, and others came from places like Recklinghausen, Bocholt, Bottrop, Castrop-Rauxel, Datteln, Dorsten, Gladbeck, Haltern, Herten, Lembeck, Marl, Lüdinghausen, Münster and Selm — all part of the Ruhr area in western Germany.
From Seattle Times
The Gladbeck Hostage Drama, as it is remembered in Germany, remains a scar on the nation's consciousness.
From BBC
"Gladbeck was a completely new situation for the police and, of course, also a completely new situation for the media," says Udo Röbel, who was then the 39-year-old deputy editor of a Cologne tabloid, the Express.
From BBC
As a result of Gladbeck the German Press Council rewrote its guidelines to make explicit that it was not permissible for journalists to interview perpetrators while a crime was in progress.
From BBC
Degowski and another man took two hostages during a bank robbery the western city of Gladbeck, starting a 54-hour ordeal in which they hijacked a bus with 30 people on board.
From Seattle Times
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