Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alexander (DL4NO), who writes:
Hello Thomas,
I just heard a short feature on Deutschlandfunk: 75 years ago today VoA started transmitting – in German.
vy 73
Alexander
DL4NO
Many thanks for the tip, Alexander!
The Deutschlandfunk article, of course, is in German. I found, that Google Translate did an acceptable job translating it into English.