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Burg Maus- The Perfect Setting for a Mystery! Guest Post by Rachel Selle

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Thanks so much to Rachel Selle, author of “Mystery at Castle Mouse” for writing this guest post to share the fascinating history of Burg Maus on the Rhine! (I do love when someone does my job for me). Enjoy the post… and then check out Rachel’s book series “The European Adventures” available in English AND […]

A Visit to the Black Forest Open Air Museum, Vogtsbauernhof

Burning Beethoven: The Eradication of German Culture in the United States during World War

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I get messages all the time from people lamenting the lack of German shops and Restaurants… worries from people because the German clubs are getting fewer… sadness from people wondering why German isn’t being taught in their schools. Regret that they never learned the language from parents or Grandparents… that it was even “forbidden” in […]

Burg Maus- The Perfect Setting for a Mystery! Guest Post by Rachel Selle

The Train to Crystal City review- German Families Locked Up in WW2

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I recently read about Democratic Representative from Texas Joaquin Castros Congressional Bill: The Wartime Violation of German American Civil Liberties Act of 2022. Like many American school children, I learned about the Internment of thousands of Japanese who lived in the US, but my teachers never told us about the over 11,000 German Americans locked […]

Burg Maus- The Perfect Setting for a Mystery! Guest Post by Rachel Selle

Johannes Kepler, His Mother Katharina, and Witchcraft!

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Johannes Kepler… German mathmatician, astronomer, astrologer… he wrote the laws of planetary motion, was appointed mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor, and he is considered the father of modern optics. But also….the son of a WITCH? It’s hard to believe, but Johannes Kepler put his career on hold, and spent 6 years defending his widowed […]

Who are the Volga Germans? Holding their Tradition across 3 Countries

Susanne Bacon’s Wycliff Novels- Books that Sooth the Soul

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Sometimes when things get just a little too heavy or overwhelming, it’s good to sit in a comfy chair with a cup of tea and a feel good book. Susanne Bacon’s Wycliff Novels, starting with  “Delicate Dreams” are exactly what I needed to find my center again after a very busy week. No bloody murders, […]

Burg Maus- The Perfect Setting for a Mystery! Guest Post by Rachel Selle

Karl May- Old Shatterhand and Winnetou

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Karl May might be the best selling German novelist that most Americans never heard of. May’s stories of the American West have been making frontiersmen and Native Americans come alive in Germany since 1893. And for Germans of a certain age, the names Old Shatterhand and Winnetou are as familiar as Harry Potter, Ron, and […]

Who are the Volga Germans? Holding their Tradition across 3 Countries

“Berlin: The Story of a City” by Barney White-Spunner

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“Germany has long had in its capital city the model to which it aspires as a nation” In“Berlin: The Story of a City, Barney White-Spunner looks back at the 1000+ year history of the everchanging city and presents it as a captivating, and I must admit, a late into the night “just one more chapter”, […]

Burg Maus- The Perfect Setting for a Mystery! Guest Post by Rachel Selle

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