From 1115 to 1911 the capital of the dominant imperial dynasties of China was Beijing. After the fall of the last emperor in 1912, China becomes a republic and Nanjing becomes center and...

On June 9th 1884 Kaiser Wilhelm I lays the foundation stone for the German Reichstag. The building is a symbol of German history. Here, in 1914, the war loans are approved and World War I...

On June 10th 1942, the village Lidice near Prague is razed to the ground by German troops. All male residents over 16 were shot, the women sent to concentration camps, the children abducted. Most...

Glienicker Bridge in Berlin-Zehlendorf which carries the title "Bridge of Unity" since its reconstruction in 1948. But in the days of the Cold War, it is a symbol of the division between East and...

June 12th 1900: The adoption of the Second Fleet Act by the Reichstag exacerbates the contrast between Kaiser Wilhelm II and Great Britain. The decision to double the German battle fleet is seen in...

June 13th 1944: London. The German army launches the first V1 against the British capital. The rocket with the model number: “Fieseler 103” belonged to the so-called "wonder weapons" with which...

On June 14th 1942 Anne Frank starts writing her diaries. The Jewish girl lives in Amsterdam at that time . Her family had fled there from the terror of the Nazis. After the Netherlands are invaded...

June 15th 1888: Kaiser Wilhelm II ascends the throne in Germany. William, seen here in shots from later times, had lost his father and grandfather the same year and inherited a troubled legacy....

On June 16th 1977 Wernher von Braun dies. Von Braun was arrested by the Allies as a war criminal in 1945. But during the beginnings of an arms race between East and West, the exceptional expertise...

June 17th 1953: Hardly any other event has shaped Inter-German post-war history as much as this day. Popular uprisings broke out at more than 400 sites in the GDR. The cause was a supply crisis...