Sigmund Jähn
Actor · 1937 – 2019 · Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German cosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme.
Series4
TV6.8NewsGerman daily news program, the oldest still existing program on German television.
Tagesschau
1952 · 256 votes
TV5.0Talk ShowMDR um 4
2014 · 4 votes
TVTalk ShowA German television format in which Günter Gaus interviewed prominent members of German society, particularly politicians. More than 200 interviews were conducted over the course of 40 years.
Zur Person
1963
- TVReality
Goldene Henne
1995
Movies2
MovieDocumentary
MovieDocumentaryHistoryThey were heroes of a special kind. They came from the steppes, the sons of farmers, of factory floor women. Salt-of-the-earth, strapping young men, model husbands, who believed in communism with all their hearts. Bright futures lay ahead of them. In the name of the Inter-cosmos Program they were about to conquer space. The second they touched down, they were treated like pop stars and worshiped as heroes. And today? What do the heroes of socialism do without socialism?