18.5.1965: Die Queen in Deutschland

Jahrhunderte war die Tollwut für viele Menschen das personifizierte Böse - am 6. Juli 1885 gelang es dem französischen Wissenschaftler Louis Pasteur erstmals erfolgreich ein Mittel gegen den Ausbruch der Krankheit einzusetzen. 

Schnell hatte Propagandaminister Goebbels das Potenzial des jungen Mediums Rundfunk erkannt: "Der Rundfunk gehört uns, niemandem sonst. Und den Rundfunk werden wir in den Dienst unserer Idee stellen, und keine andere Idee soll hier zu Wort kommen." 

Von der Kritik kontrovers diskutiert, bleibt die Faszination der Leser für Hermann Hesse bis heute ungebrochen: Der Autor wird am 2. Juli 1877 im Schwarzwald-Städtchen Calw geboren. 

In February 1952, on the death of her father King George VI, the 25-year-old Elizabeth became Queen. During her long reign she was served by 15 Prime Ministers and met an extraordinary array of people. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland here examine her 70 years as Queen of the Un ... Show More

We hear personal accounts of historical moments during the seventy year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Memories from the Queen's maids of honour from her coronation in 1953; the huge race her horse very nearly won as well as the Windsor Castle fire and the opening to the public of ... Show More

The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday brought to an end a remarkable reign that spanned seven decades, 15 prime ministers and 14 American presidents.During her time on the throne, which saw the crumbling of the British Empire and the buffeting of the royal family by scandal ... Show More

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, has died aged 96. 

Queen Elizabeth II appointed 15 Prime Ministers and witnessed 18 general elections, 13 government referendums, three minority governments, and one coalition. Each Prime Minister enormously valued her experience and wisdom in their meetings with her. From Winston Churchill to Liz ... Show More

We look at some of the broadcasts delivered by Queen Elizabeth II including her first radio address to the children of the Commonwealth on 13 October 1940. Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond looks back on the Queen's significant moments in front of a microphone. Pope Paul ... Show More

The death of Queen Elizabeth is the death of a symbol: after 70 years on the throne, she is the only English monarch many of us have ever known. The story of a disaster in Wales in 1966 highlights that stoic inaction was both the greatest strength, and the greatest weakness, of t ... Show More