SMS Kaiser Barbarossa with of armor plating, and the secondary casemates received of armor protection. Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Emperor of Germany, believed that a strong navy was necessary for the country to expand its influence outside continental Europe. As a result, he initiated a program of naval expansion in the late 1880s; the first battleships built under this program were the four "Brandenburg"-class ships. These were immediately followed by the five "Kaiser Friedrich III"-class battleships, of which "Kaiser Barbarossa" was a member. "Kaiser Barbarossa"s keel was laid down on 3 August 1898, at the Schichau-Werke in Danzig, under construction number 640. She
Josef Kaiser been contemplated by politicians, and the German Labour Front operated in some respects as a branch of government. In 1938 Josef Kaiser became a Nazi Party member. Between 1941 and 1945 Josef Kaiser was head of the "Basic conceptual planning" (""Grundrisstypenplanung"") department at the "Germany Academy for Residential Housing" in Berlin-Buch. In May 1945 war ended, and with it the Nazi régime. For Josef Kaiser it was also the year in which he underwent serious illness. On his recovery he embarked on a striking career switch, enrolling in 1946 at the Dresden Music Academy where he trained for a career