75 years ago, on May 6th 1937, Nazi Germany's prized LZ-129 Hindenburg airship crashed and burned in Lakehurst, New Jersey, creating the iconic photo to the right.
The disaster had many ramifications, not only ending 36 staff and passenger's lives, but also ending the era of the airship and proving incredibly embarrassing for the Nazis.
Named after German President Paul von Hindenburg, the airship was huge — three times the length a modern Boeing 747
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For the Nazis, it was not just a feat of engineering, but a propaganda vehicle — the country had just began to occupy the demilitarized Ruhr Valley.
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After just a few test flights, Nazi propaganda boss Dr. Joseph Goebbels ordered the airship to fly to every major German city to drop Nazi campaign pamphlets and to blare patriotic music.
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