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That’s an odd statement there. The mandatory vaccination against smallpox stems from the Kaiserreich (1874) and was loosened at the time of the Third Reich, to be reestablished after the 2nd world war, until it started phasing out in 1975. The state radio fees are a construct that was established after the Second World War, precisely because it was considered imperative to have a public radio/television that was not under government control.


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