23.6.1944: Thomas Mann wird US-Bürger

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 August 1944 President Franklin D Roosevelt agreed to allow nearly one thousand Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe to come to America. They were allowed entry only as "guests", so as not to breach strict US immigration quotas in place during the whole of WW2. The refu ... Show More

Gut 20 Prozent der Amerikaner geben an, sie hätten deutsche Wurzeln und Vorfahren. Doch anders als die Irish oder die Italian Americans stehen die German Americans selten im Rampenlicht (und feiern auch ihre deutsche Herkunft in geringem Maße.) Wie entwickelte sich das deutsch-am ... Show More

The US airman accused of leaking confidential intelligence and defence documents has been officially charged in a court appearance in Boston. Mr Teixeira was arrested by armed FBI agents at his family home in Massachusetts on Thursday. Also on the programme: we speak to former Is ... Show More

Tens of thousands of children were adopted from other countries by parents in the U.S., only to discover as adults a quirk in federal law that meant they had never been guaranteed American citizenship. Much like the Dreamers, these adoptees are now fighting for legal status to en ... Show More

Thousands of foreign civilians were interned in camps when Japanese troops occupied the Philippines in World War II. Many of the inmates suffered from acute malnutrition. We hear the story of one boy, Desmond Malone, who was interned at the Santo Tomas camp in Manila.Photo: Ameri ... Show More

David Wemhoff returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his article “Who Is an American?”  David is a lawyer practicing in South Bend, Indiana and the author of John Courtney Murray, Time/Life, and the American Proposition: How the CIA's Doctrinal Warfare Changed the Catholic C ... Show More