Tragedy at Hamburg: Time historian Großbölting dies after ICE-Unglück!

A tragic train accident shaken the world of science in Hamburg on February 11: the well -known history professor Thomas Großbölting, director of the research center for contemporary history since 2020, died as a result of an ICE and a truck. The 55-year-old Großbölting suffered from this impact when the train caught a tractor-trailer on a rail crossing in the Rönneburg district at high speed, the serious injuries that were ultimately fatal despite emergency treatment. A total of 25 other people were injured in this incident, including six and 19 easily, as the Welt reported.

The research center for contemporary history and the University of Hamburg mourn for Großbölting, which had made a name for itself through its research on how to deal with sexual violence in church contexts. "He was a happy and gripping scientist and person who shaped the research center with new impulses and ideas," said an explanation of the institution. The second mayor of Hamburg, Katharina Fegebank, also shared her concern via social media and emphasized that the deceased was a great profit for the University of Hamburg and the science location as a whole.

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After the accident, the truck driver, whose vehicle had invited railways, was temporarily arrested, but released again later. Investigations by the Hamburg public prosecutor's office on the exact cause of the accident are underway because the course has to be further informed. According to Krone , the railways were distributed over a large distance by the impact, which raised additional dangers at the scene of the accident. This could also have contributed to the severity of the train passengers' violations. The city of Hamburg faces a painful loss of a respected scientist who played an important role in the academic community.