ZDF is the German national public service television company. We are an independent non-profit corporation, founded and regulated by the Länder – the sixteen states that constitute the Federal ...

ZDF: the German national public service television. The independent non-profit corporation, founded and regulated by the Länder – the sixteen states of the Fed. Rep. of Germany. We provide the 84 ...

The Administrative Council monitors the Director-General’s activities – with a particular focus on budgetary matters. Each of its 12 members are appointed for a five-year term. Quelle: ZDF/Torsten ...

Recently elected Reich Chancellor, Adolf Hitler clamps down on all opposition. In less than two years he transforms Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship. What is particularly noteworthy is ...

The coverage of international events by ZDF reporters and foreign correspondents benefits from agreements with other major TV corporations. Furthermore, membership of the European Broadcasting Union ...

In 1940, Adolf Hitler forces the defeated French to sign their surrender in a train carriage - the Germans had experienced the same humiliation at the end of the First World War. In 1940, Adolf Hitler ...

Together with Treblinka and Majdanek, Sobibor is one of the camps of "Operation Reinhardt" – a Nazi murder campaign that took nearly two million lives within a few months in 1942/43. Together with ...

“A ZDF for Everyone” is more than just a vision – it’s a strategy that helps us respond to evolving media consumption patterns and organizational challenges. As a public broadcaster, ZDF follows a ...

ZDF ensures fair and impartial coverage and represents a diversity of opinions to promote social cohesion and uphold democratic values. We are committed to objective reporting and diverse perspectives ...

The journalist Leo Lania takes advantage of Hitler's admiration for the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, poses as a party supporter of the Italian and spends several days with the Nazis in ...

At the end of the 1920s, the “Rural People’s Movement” began demonstrating against social decline. From the protests a radical movement was born, whose anger and bitterness was harnessed by the ...

The defeat at Stalingrad in 1943 was not only the turning point of the war but also convinced the Nazi leadership to intensify their terror and propaganda campaigns ...