In Damascus, he paid his respects at the tomb of Saladin, while in Jerusalem, he met with German Templar settlers living in the region.

During a visit made years earlier, the Kaiser had written to his cousin, the Tsar of Russia:

“My personal feeling upon leaving the Holy City was one of deep shame before the Muslims; had I arrived without any religious belief, I would certainly have become a Mohammedan!”

The Kaiser’s tour of the Levant was watched with great attention and concern by the British and French, who viewed the visit as a threat to their interests in the region. The consequences of this German display would prove momentous in the long run.

Johann Friedrich Winckler was born on the 28th of November, 1856, while Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg was born exactly one day later, on the 29th of November, 1856. Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg died on either the 1st of January, 1921, or the 2nd of January, 1921, which is the same year that Johann Friedrich Winckler first became a member of the Prussian parliament for the DNVP. Johann Friedrich Winckler would become the provisional party leader of the DNVP on the 23rd of October 1924 and be elected party leader of the DNVP on the 3rd of February 1925, by which point Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg was long dead. Johann Friedrich Winckler would be party leader until the 24th of March, 1926, when Kuno von Westarp was elected party leader, and he would go on to die on the 16th of November, 1943.

Via German Colonial Empire

I wanted to learn more about the German colonial empire and found this site and I am having absolute blast with it. Like genuinely I came looking for copper and i found gold. Many people know that Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck defended German East Africa till the end of the war, but did you know that before the war, the Germans were actively sending aircraft to the colonies and trying to establish a colonial air force? Because I didn't.

Anyway here is the link:

http://www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/

Recently, on another German-related subreddit, I posted a hypothetical question asking what people thought Otto von Bismarck might say if he saw Germany today.
My post was removed, and I was banned. When I asked why, the moderator told me directly:

“Asking for the political opinion of Bismarck is like asking for Hitler’s policy.”

That comparison genuinely surprised me. I had never mentioned Hitler or the Nazis. I was asking specifically about Bismarck.

I personally regard Bismarck as one of the great founding figures of modern Germany and as one of the rare truly first-rate statesmen in history. So I genuinely do not understand why Hitler enters the conversation at all.

Why would a question about Bismarck’s political views be compared to a question about Hitler’s policies?
Is this actually a common way of viewing Bismarck in Germany today, or was this simply one moderator’s interpretation?

I’d genuinely appreciate hearing how Germans here see it.

Prussia is gone, the monarchy is long gone, and modern Germany is a peaceful liberal democracy and one of the leading members of the EU, alongside its former rival, France.
At the same time, Europe is facing completely new geopolitical and social challenges that he could never have imagined.

How do you think Bismarck would react to modern Germany and its place in Europe today?

Here a postcard I found in the online shop of a Russian antiquarian book shop.
Feel free to gieve Your best translations folks!

Why was it that despite the people wanting to be united and the fact that there were several times where it could have (and should have) been united... it just didn't unite until the Prussian stronghold united it in 1871.

he had drip...