Author: Leonie Kayser

Listen to the first episode, broadcast on 18 November 1951, as an audio file. “Where the shoe pinches” – Ernst Reuter on air On 18 November 1951, the first episode of the series “Wo uns der Schuh drückt” (“Where the shoe pinches”) was broadcast on RIAS (Radio in the American Sector). The aim of the […]

Richard von Weizsäcker and German politics As Governing Mayor (1981–1984), Richard von Weizsäcker became something of a role model among Berliners. He later earned great esteem both at home and abroad as head of state of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984–1994), and he is still considered the most popular Federal President in history In […]