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- Devrim Lingnau was born in 1998 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Empress (2022), Auerhaus (2019) and Carmilla (2019).
- A sultry, doe-eyed brunette with high cheekbones, she was one of the top haute couture models of the 1960s and early 70s. Her face graced the covers of Vogue, Petra, Jardin des Modes and Cosmopolitan. She modeled for famous fashion brands like Nina Ricci and Jean Patou and also advertised exclusive accessories.
German-born Astrid Heeren began her career as a draftsperson for the BBC. She subsequently attended the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe but did not complete her studies. Moving to Paris, she began her modeling career with Vogue and was in due course spotted by the film maker Roger Vadim who cast her in his wartime drama Vice and Virtue (1963). Astrid made just three more films. Her best known role was as Steve McQueen 's girlfriend Gwen in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). After 1972, she continued to be involved with the fashion industry, as well as interior design, and has latterly resided in Manhattan, New York. - Christiane Schmidtmer was born in Mannheim, Germany. She took acting lessons in Munich and worked in the stage in Germany from 1961-1963, then turned to photographic modeling for German nude magazines and later, Playboy. She also modeled for advertising companies, namely Max Factor cosmetics, before she started her movie career.
She was the beautiful mistress of José Ferrer in Ship of Fools (1965), but most people will remember her as the evil wardress in the exploitation women-in-prison film, The Big Doll House (1971), as well as one of the three airline stewardesses in Boeing, Boeing (1965). - Director
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Born in Germany, to a Palestinian father and German mother, Lexi Alexander, a former World Kickboxing Champion and USMC close-quarter-combat instructor, worked her way up from stunt woman to Oscar-nominated director with her first short film Johnny Flynton, a drama about a boxer. Eager to learn a common language with actors, Lexi studied at the Piero Dusa Acting Conservatory before helming feature films including the SXSW Jury & Audience Award winning drama Green Street Hooligans, Marvel's Punisher: War Zone and Lifted. She directed episodes for TV shows such as ARROW, SUPERGIRL, SWAT and AMERICAN GOTHIC and has recently sold a movie to Blumhouse Productions & Netflix International. Lexi continues to be an avid martial artist and is currently a passionate student of the Russian style Systema.- Classically-trained actor, former chemist, whose formative years on the stage were spent in Bern (Switzerland) and, from 1909, the Deutsches Theater Berlin under Max Reinhardt's direction. Specialised in Shakespearean roles ('Richard III', 'Hamlet') and was a famous interpreter of the plays of Henrik Ibsen. He delivered his screen debut in a silent version of 'Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde' (Der Andere (1913)). Bassermann remained active in motion pictures throughout the 1920's, also frequently appearing on stage in Austria and Switzerland. His wife, Elsa Bassermann, nee Schiff, was Jewish, and the discrimination shown towards her in his native country so outraged him that he emigrated with her to the United States in 1939.
At the age of 72, he carved out another career in Hollywood as a celebrated character actor. It took him some time to come to terms with the English language, but he was soon cast in a small part in Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940), as Dr.Robert Koch. He also played a sympathetic chemistry professor in Knute Rockne All American (1940). That same year, he appeared as Van Meer in Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940) and was promptly nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor. His distinguished-looking countenance and serious demeanour lent itself to being assigned a variety of consular or professorial roles: he was excellent as Consul Magnus Barring in A Woman's Face (1941) with Joan Crawford; Professor Jean Perote in Madame Curie (1943); and a dying German music teacher in Rhapsody in Blue (1945).
At the age of 83, he made a triumphant return to the German/Austrian stage in Ibsen plays. Albert Bassermann died of a heart attack en route from New York to Zurich on May 15 1952. - Actor
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Richy Müller was born on 26 September 1955 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. He is an actor, known for xXx (2002), Tatort (1970) and The Poll Diaries (2010).- Actress
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Janina Fautz was born on 31 May 1995 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for The White Ribbon (2009), We Monsters (2015) and Preis der Freiheit (2019).- Brigitte Skay was born on 18 July 1940 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Love Factor (1969), Isabella, Duchess of the Devils (1969) and A Bay of Blood (1971). She died on 19 November 2012 in Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Steffi Graf is a German professional tennis player.
She was ranked world No. 1 and won 22 Grand Slam singles titles. In 1988, she became the only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. She is the only tennis player to have won each Grand Slam tournament at least four times.
Graf was ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a record 377 total weeks - the longest period for which any player, male or female, has held the number-one ranking. She won 107 singles titles.
Graf's athletic ability and aggressive game played from the baseline have been credited with developing the modern style of play that has come to dominate today's game. Notable features of Graf's game were her versatility across all playing surfaces, footwork and powerful forehand drive. She won six French Open singles titles, seven Wimbledon singles titles, four Australian Open titles, and five U.S. Open singles titles. Graf's Grand Slam was achieved on grass, clay, and hard court while the previous five Grand Slams were decided on only grass and clay. Graf reached thirteen consecutive major singles finals, from the 1987 French Open through to the 1990 French Open, winning nine of them. She won 5 consecutive major singles tournaments (1988 Australian Open to 1989 Australian Open). She reached a total of 31 major singles finals. - Actress
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Nina Kunzendorf was born on 10 November 1971 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Phoenix (2014), Tatort (1970) and Unspoken (2010).- Writer
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After graduating from high school, Speer studied architecture in Karlsruhe, Munich and later in Berlin. Speer then became assistant to Heinrich Tessenow in Berlin. There he also had his first contacts with National Socialist groups. In 1931 he joined the NSDAP. Speer successfully translated National Socialist ideas into an architectural aesthetic, which enabled him to quickly make a career within the party. Supported by his personal and close friendship with Adolf Hitler, Speer became the most popular and successful architect in the Reich from 1933 onward. Speer's early work included the parade ground in Nuremberg, where the NSDAP held its party conference from 1934 onward.
Furthermore, numerous monumental buildings were built on behalf of the Reich in the style of National Socialist ideology. Speer also proved to be a great organizer in organizing major events and mass rallies. For example, he was the responsible leader of the "Light Dome" at the party conference in 1934. In Speer, Hitler found a friend who was able to build and inspire him like no other. Therefore, in October 1934 he appointed him "The Führer's Architect" and in 1937 "General Building Inspector for the Reich Capital Berlin" (Germania). Between 1938 and 1939 Speer built the new Reich Chancellery in Berlin. This was already integrated into the planned "North-South Project", which consisted of the Reich Chancellery, the Great Hall and the "Führerpalais". In this context, Speer was directly responsible for the "de-rentalization" of Berlin's Jewish population and their transport to concentration camps.
After the start of the Second World War, Speer was appointed "Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition" and "Inspector General for Fortifications, Roads, Water and Energy". In 1943 Speer was appointed Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production. In this role he was responsible for the exploitation and destruction of thousands of forced laborers and concentration camp prisoners, with whose help he sought to achieve the war and armament goals. However, shortly before Hitler's suicide in March 1945, Speer refused to allow the Führer to carry out the order to destroy the entire German infrastructure ("Operation: Scorched Earth"). After the end of the Second World War, Speer managed to largely erase the traces of his guilt.
Speer was able to convince the public that he knew nothing about the extermination of the Jews. Speer was arrested in 1946, but then sentenced by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg to only 20 years in prison, which he served in the war crimes prison in Berlin-Spandau. After his release from prison in 1966, Speer continued to construct the legend of his guiltlessness on a literary and film level. He was unintentionally supported by the historian Joachim Fest, who made a biographical documentary film with Speer in 1969. On the publisher's side, Speer received involuntary support in the construction of his embellished life story from Wolf Jobst Siedler, who published his books: "Memories" were published in 1969 and "The Slave State - My Confrontation with the SS" in 1981.
Albert Speer died on September 1, 1981 in London. It was only after his death that a younger generation of historians managed to reveal Speer's true involvement with the Holocaust.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a multi-part biographical film adaptation of Albert Speer's life was broadcast on ARD in May 2005. The director Heinrich Breloer was able to document that, contrary to his protestations, Hitler's architect did know about "Auschwitz".- Actress
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Nicole Natascha Berg Juarez (born May 2nd 1980 in Mannheim, Germany), born of Spanish and German descent, grew up in Viernheim. At the age of 14 she started to work as a model. In 2000 she was discovered by a talent scout of the Miss Germany Corporation, won the Miss Hessen and Miss Germany pageant and represented Germany at the Miss World 2000 pageant. Between 2003 and 2006 she presented a show for NBC Europe and the news for Rhein-Main TV, which won the Regio Star Award 2006. Between 2007 and 2009 she was a news-anchor and journalist for the Pro7 and the N24 news channel, presented her own daily entertainment and red carpet magazine at Premiere (Sky) and the travel magazine Discover Germany for DW-TV. In 2009 she moved to LA following her new-found passion: acting. The Italian-speaking, 6-lingual actress guest-starred in the mafia series Immigrants (2009) as Francesca Bertucci Palermo and has acted in several independent productions. Testing Life (2011) won 8 international awards along with her short film Shadows (2011) at the Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival in 2011. In Steven Soderbergh's Haywire (2011) a film about a black ops soldier (Gina Carano) on a revenge mission she played the role of Rodrigo's (Antonio Banderas) new wife.- Actor
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Roger Fritz was born on 22 September 1936 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Cross of Iron (1977), The Brutes (1970) and Mädchen, Mädchen (1967). He was married to Helga Anders. He died on 26 November 2021 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Leonard Kunz was born in 1992 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for A Cure for Wellness (2016), A Hidden Life (2019) and Jenny (2017).
- Carl Raddatz was born on 13 March 1912 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Opfergang (1944), Everyone Dies Alone (1976) and Rosen im Herbst (1955). He was married to Helga Cartsburg, Hildegard Matschke and Hannelore Schroth. He died on 19 May 2004 in Berlin, Germany.
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Buxom and attractive brunette Renee Harmon was born Renate Elisabeth Harmon on May 18, 1927. Renee married an American G.I. in Germany, where she had a background in ballet. Since her husband was a colonel in a surface-to-air missile program, she moved with him to West Texas and started a theatrical group amongst the officers' wives. Harmon eventually became involved in a handful of offbeat low-budget independent exploitation features as a writer, actress, and producer. Renee was especially funny and memorable as the sexually frustrated wicked stepmother in Al Adamson's gloriously ghastly futuristic sci-fi musical abomination "Cinderella 2000." Her other noteworthy movie roles are evil scientist Lil Stanhope in the incredibly muddled fright flick "Frozen Scream," the deadly, yet alluring Linda Allen in the enjoyably cruddy martial arts action oddity "Lady Streetfighter," and pesky journalist Celia Amherst in the hilariously horrendous urban vigilante opus "The Executioner, Part II." Moreover, Harmon was an acting teacher with her own workshop in California and taught screenwriting at the College of Sequoias community college in Visalia, California. Renee wrote the books "Film Producing: Low Budget Films That Sell," "Teaching a Young Actor: How to Train Children of All Ages for Success in Movies, TV, and Commercials," "Film Directing: Killer Style and Cutting Edge Technique," "How to Audition for Movies & TV," and "The Beginning Filmmaker's Guide to a Successful First Film." Renee Harmon died at age 79 on November 26, 2006 in Visalia, California.- Albrecht Schoenhals was born on 7 March 1888 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Pillars of Society (1935), Der Spieler (1938) and Stradivari (1935). He was married to Anneliese Born. He died on 4 December 1978 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.
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Lennart Ruff was born on 10 March 1986 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a director and producer, known for The Titan (2018) and Nocebo (2014).- Claudia Bates was born in 1967 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is a writer, known for Morgenmagazin (1992), ZDF-Mittagsmagazin (1989) and Phoenix Der Tag (2001).
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Anneliese Rothenberger was born on 19 June 1924 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1969) and Der Rosenkavalier (1961). She was married to Gerd Wendelin Dieberitz. She died on 24 May 2010 in Münsterlingen, Thurgau, Switzerland.- Sabine Ehrenfeld was born and raised in Mannheim, Germany, on November 27, 1963. Her father was an investment banker with the Deutsche Bank, and her mother, a nurse, became a homemaker, and raised Sabine and her two younger sisters.
Sabine started modeling in Germany at 18, and moved to Milan, Italy, in 1983. In 1985 she lived in New York for a year, where she worked for Elite Models and started to do commercials. She has been living in Los Angeles since 1985.
Sabine has done a lot of training for acting, including voice, speech and dialect, hosting, and comedy improv training. From 1992 until 2003 she decided to do commercial work exclusively in order to be mostly a mom. She is presently gearing up to pursue TV work as an actress as well as a show host.
Sabine has appeared in hundreds of TV commercials over the last twenty years, and has also done some work in television and movies. Over the last three years she has appeared as the spokeswoman for Overstock.com.
Sabine is divorced from the father of her two children.
She speaks fluent German and English, and conversational French and Italian.
She currently has a website under construction - information to follow. - Actress
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Mandy Capristo was born on 21 March 1990 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress and composer, known for Storm of Love (2005), Craig David Feat. Monrose: Walking Away (German Version) (2008) and Larsito & Mandy Capristo: Si es amor (2018).- Jane Chirwa was born on 10 June 1990 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Charlie's Angels (2019), In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (2015) and Sense8 (2015).
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Max Hansen was born in Mannheim, Germany, but was raised by his step parents in Munich. His mother was a Danish Actress, Eva Haller, his father's name was von Waldheim. In his school days, he already sang at the Opera House, so he earned the nickname "The Little Caruso" ("Der kleine Caruso"). Later he studied Music and Voice and got a job at the Simplizissimus Cabaret in Munich. From 1914 he played Operettas in Vienna and became a good friend of Franz Lehár. After that he worked in Berlin at the Metropole Theater and became there a superstar of operettas, revues, cabaret and radio. He began acting in five silent films, from 1926 to 28. His first talkie was Wien, du Stadt der Lieder (1930) ("Vienna, City of Song") (1930). In 1932 he played opposite Gitta Alpar in She, or Nobody (1932) ("She, or Nobody").
He left Germany in 1933 for Vienna and to play in Switzerland, Amsterdam, Oslo and Helsinki. On a late summer day in 1936, while she was in Copenhagen, Swedish singer Zarah Leaner received a telephone call from Max Hansen. He asked her if she spoke German and she replied that she did. Next he wanted to know if she would take the female lead in "Axel an der Himmels Tür" ("Axel at the Gate of Heaven"), an Operetta with music by Ralph Benatzky. Hansen, in collaboration with Paul Morgan and Hans Weigel, was producing the Operetta in Theater an der Wien. Zarah was so excited to get her first German speaking role that she accepted the part without even asking how much money they were offering her. In 1949 Max Hansen visited Hamburg, in 1951 he played in Berlin and Scandinavia. He died in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1961.- Actor
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Stefano Terrazzino was born on 19 August 1979 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Cold War (2018), 365 Days (2020) and Kill Me If You Dare (2024).- Actor
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Oscar Ortega Sánchez was born in 1962 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Speed Racer (2008), The Musketeer (2001) and Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008).- David Llewellyn Child was born in Mannheim, Germany. David Llewellyn is an actor, known for Scylos (2021), The Gospel of Caesar (2007) and Hollands licht (2003).
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Christa von Humboldt was born on 7 July 1919 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress and costume designer, known for Sin salida (1971), Revenge (1990) and Un largo viaje hacia la muerte (1968). She was married to Philippe Pasquier Divielle. She died on 4 January 2009 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Christiane Hammacher was born on 1 May 1939 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Derrick (1974) and Rosamunde Pilcher (1993).
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Juliane Lorenz was born on 2 August 1957 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an editor and actress, known for Malina (1991), Life, Love & Celluloid (2005) and Kamikaze 89 (1982). She has been married to Thomas Volker Wehling since 2017.- Peter Mosbacher was born on 17 February 1912 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955), The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) and Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956). He was married to Edith Schneider. He died on 9 October 1977 in Kempfenhausen, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Sophia Münster was born on 28 February 1998 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Hanni & Nanni (2010), Hanni & Nanni 3 (2013) and Hanni and Nanni 2 (2012).
- Peter Graf was born on 18 June 1938 in Mannheim, Germany. He was married to Britta and Heidi Graf. He died on 30 November 2013 in Mannheim, Germany.
- Massimo Sinato was born on 2 December 1980 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Heldt (2013), Ninja Warrior Germany (2016) and Das habt Ihr Euch verdient (2023). He has been married to Rebecca Mir since 27 June 2015. They have one child.
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Xavier Naidoo was born on 2 October 1971 in Mannheim, Germany. He is a music artist and actor, known for A Cure for Wellness (2016), Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären (2006) and The Voice of Germany (2011).- Felizia Trube was born in 2010 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for A Perfect Enemy (2020), Vatersland (2022) and Ponyherz (2023).
- Corinne Williams was born on 3 March 1903 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die blonde Nachtigall (1930). She died on 29 January 1998 in Greenhurst, New York, USA.
- Bülent Ceylan was born on 4 January 1976 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Die Bülent Ceylan Show (2011), Quatsch Comedy Club (2002) and Verpiss Dich, Schneewittchen (2018).
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Jan Schütte was born on 26 June 1957 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Drachenfutter (1987), Winckelmanns Reisen (1990) and Love Comes Lately (2007). He is married to Christina Szápáry. They have four children.- Umit Davala was born on 30 July 1973 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Thomas Gimbel was born on 12 February 1966 in Mannheim, Germany. He is an actor, known for Die Camper (1997), The Princess and the Warrior (2000) and Pinocchio (2013).
- Tabea Heynig was born on 18 July 1970 in Mannheim, Germany. She is an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Operation Bluebird (1999) and Unter uns (1994).
- Julian David was born on 23 December 1989 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Under ConTroll (2019), Goblin - Das ist echt Troll (2019) and Patchwork Gangsta (2019).
- Jana Münster was born on 28 February 1998 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Hanni & Nanni 3 (2013), Hanni & Nanni (2010) and Hanni and Nanni 2 (2012).
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Markus Stein was born on 25 August 1965 in Mannheim, Germany. He is a director, known for The Beginner (1998), Baldiga: Unlocked Heart (2024) and Among Men: Gay in East Germany (2012).- Producer
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Stefan Schubert was born in 1955 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a producer and production manager, known for Head-On (2004), Emmas Glück (2006) and Schenk mir dein Herz (2010).- Writer
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Heinz Haber was born on 15 May 1913 in Mannheim, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Geschichten aus der Zukunft (1978), Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He was married to Irmgard Haber and Anneliese Haber. He died on 13 February 1990 in Hamburg, Germany.- Herberger played for Waldhof Mannheim from 1907 to 1924. From 1924 to 1925 he was a player for VfR Mannheim, with whom he became South German champions. From 1925 to 1930 he was signed to Borussia. Between 1921 and 1925 he played three international matches in which he scored two goals. He was then hired by the West German Football Association and ended his active career as a player. In 1925 Herberger moved to Berlin. In 1930 he submitted his diploma thesis entitled "The path to peak performance in football" to the German University of Physical Education. In the same year, 1930, he became assistant to Reich coach Otto Nerz. In 1936, Herberger completed his physical education teacher exam as the best in his class.
After the favored German national team's surprising exit from the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 due to a 2-0 defeat against outsiders Norway, he replaced Otto Nerz as Reich coach on September 31, 1936. After Austria was "annexed" to the German Reich, Herberger had to form a unit from the well-rehearsed national teams of Germany and Austria on orders from the highest political authority that took part in the World Cup in France. Germany lost 2-4 to Switzerland in the round of 16. After international games were stopped due to the Second World War, he was brought back to office in 1949 by the newly founded German Football Association "DFB". After finishing fourth at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, the German national team achieved great international success in 1954. The Federal Republic of Germany became world champions for the first time at the World Cup in Switzerland. Herberger's team won the final against the big favorites Hungary 3-2, after a goal from Max Morlock and two goals from Helmut Rahn.
In doing so, he gave the young Federal Republic a new self-confidence, which went down in history as the "Miracle of Bern". In 1964, Herberger resigned from all positions for reasons of age. His successor was his assistant coach at the time, Helmut Schön. In total, Herberger led the German national team in 167 international matches, of which they won 94. The result was a draw 27 times and his team lost 46 times. Herberger was one of football's early visionaries. Herberger knew how to form a team and a unit from different player personalities and he was considered an excellent game strategist and psychologist. His quotes are still respected today. Herberger's statements like "The ball is round" or "You have to be eleven friends" are now popular cult terms in the football scene. He has been honored several times for his services to German football.
Sepp Herberger died on April 28, 1977 in Weinheim. - Giulia Enders was born in 1990 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Antonia Yamin was born on 13 September 1988 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an executive.