The German mechanic and entrepreneur called in the middle of the 19th Century, in Jena, a small factory for the production of microscopes in life. Within a few decades, Carl Zeiss developed his company into the world's leading producers of ...

The lawyer and Kronsyndikus was one of the most important German jurist of the 19th Century. The son of a wealthy Huguenot family, he turned to 16-years of jurisprudence, and then to perform amid the turmoil of the Napoleonic era ...

The writer and journalist went through his popular-humorous, sometimes melancholy, sweet and naive works, which were marked by deep religious feeling, to become one of the most significant German poets. Matthias Claudius is associated with the name of "Wandsbeker messengers" ...

The Spanish artist is one of the greatest surrealists. His art was found in the design visionary, from our own mental states gained extreme subjects, which he condensed in his paintings, especially from the 1930s to oppressive statements. Melting watches, ...