Remembering Hindenburg Survivors 75 Years After Disaster
Werner Franz and Werner Doehner are the last two living survivors.
MANCHESTER, NJ -- Though separated by thousands of miles, history has connected Werner Franz and Werner Doehner. Both men, now in their eighties, are the last living survivors of the Hindenburg, the airship that crashed at New Jersey's Lakehurst Naval Air Station 75 years ago on May 6, 1937. At the time, Franz was a 14-year-old cabin boy serving the wealthy passengers as the great airship, the pride of Germany, made its first Atlantic crossing of the 1937 season. Doehner was eight years old and was travelling with his parents, Hermann and Matilde, and his siblings, 10-year-old Walter and 16-year-old Irene. The Doehner boys were the youngest of the 36 passengers on board during that flight. Today, Doehner lives a quiet life as a retiree in …
Sarah Nicole
11:14 am on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Wow such great info. All Doehner said was“I lead a private life. That happened in the past and I’d prefer it stay there.” I wish he would have discribed it! more ›