After 1890 important changes took place within the German Empire both in domestic and foreign policy. The period was marked ...

When you think of Christmas, most think of Santa Claus. Although the legendary character Santa is part of Christmas, it hasn’t always been like that. In fact, Santa Claus is the product of the merging ...

Professor John Röhl, the historian, who has died aged 85, was born to a German father and English mother and endured a fractured early childhood in Germany and Hungary during the Second World War; ...

Two old men who played together occasionally as lads and have both retired to chop wood for amusement are Wilhelm II, 67, and Poultney Bigelow, 71, eccentric U. S. journalist-lecturer. While the ...

Wilhelm II from the House of Hohenzollern, was the last German emperor and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918.

H.I.M. Kaiser Wilhelm II, signed bottom of a document dated 1894 signed in Ink 'Wilhelm FR' mounted on card Impressive Imperial German military pipe with porcelain Stummel bowl decorated with a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This 1905 stamp shows Kaiser Wilhelm ...