Michael Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion F1 driver and tops the list of most Grand Prix wins in the history of Formula One. His career statistics - including an astonishing 91 wins - are so incredible they will probably never be beaten. Early years Schumacher was born on January 3, 1969 to Rolf and Elisabeth Schumacher. The family … [Read more...]

Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German-American actress and singer. Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and personally. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as "Lola-Lola" in The Blue Angel, directed by … [Read more...]

A sky-rocket way from a stage performer to a sophisticated comedy director. Ernst Lubitsch (January 28, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was "a man of pure cinema", as Alfred Hitchcock said. He was an actor, a director, a producer. And a writer! All these jobs he did extraordinarily successfully. Who else could boast of 75 wonderful films that … [Read more...]

Käthe Kollwitz is considered to be the brightest German artist of the 20th century I do not want to die . . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. -- Kaethe Kollwitz Kollwitz was gifted with an extraordinary talent for drawing. Though she chose to … [Read more...]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural philosopher is best known for his two-part poetic drama Faust, (1808-1832) which he started around the age of twenty three and didn't finish till shortly before his death sixty years later. He is considered one of the greatest contributors of the German Romantic … [Read more...]

In 1867 the North German Confederation was established. It was an unbelievable political success at that time. On the other hand, Bismarck's wish to see Germany united would not have been totally satisfied without the southern states attached to it. Thus Bismarck set about trying to add the southern states to the Confederation. The beginning … [Read more...]

Under the "Iron Chancellor", Otto von Bismarck, Germany grew from a loose confederation of weak states to a unified powerful empire. His smart and dashing way of making politics (winning three wars in eight years!) led to the extension of German borders and the rapid growth of German industry. Bismarck was born on April 1, 1815, in the … [Read more...]

He Was the First, or Happy Birthday, Computer! Konrad Zuse is considered to be the inventor of the first computer in the world. Z3 -- the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world -- was completed by Konrad Zuse in 1941. Konrad Zuse was born on June 22, 1910, in Berlin. He went to the high … [Read more...]