Book and Movie Reviews

Brown Signs on the Autobahn- Notable sights in Germany

June 23, 2020

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I’m the kind of person who loves roadside attractions. If there is a sign saying “Biggest Ball of Yarn” or “Caves of Wonder”, I’m telling the driver to PULL OVER! So you can imagine my delight (and my family’s frustration) when I discovered the Brown Signs on the Autobahn pointing out German Tourist attractions! Everywhere […]

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Pennsylvania Germans: An Interpretive Encyclopedia

My Favorite German Cookbooks in GERMAN

June 16, 2020

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My cookbook shelf is bi-lingual, and I reach for specific cookbooks for different recipes (or when I’m doing research). In the past I’ve shared my favorite German Cookbooks in English… and now it’s time to share my favorite Cookbooks in German. I realize that not everyone visiting my website speaks or reads German. (Honestly, a […]

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Easy German Recipes- Website Recipe Index

“View Master: The Biography of William B Gruber” Immigrant Success Story

June 9, 2020

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View Master $150 seems to be a magic number for German immigrants. William B Gruber and my father both arrived here in the United States with $150 in their pockets. From there they chose different paths. In tge book, “View Master, The Biography of William B Gruber”, his daughter Gretchen J Gruber lovingly shares the […]

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What’s the most Scary German Children’s book? Surviving a German Childhood

June 4, 2020

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Growing up it never occurred to me that the books and Fairy Tales I read were that different, but as it turns out the biggest difference between growing up with American Parents and German Parents can be found in the stories we are read/told as children. My American friends grew up hearing about Cinderella being dressed […]

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Islands in the Storm by Susanne Bacon

May 21, 2020

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Islands in the Storm: A Novel As a history lover, I get excited when I find a new view into the past… a story I hadn’t heard before, something fascinating that feels like I SHOULD have known about it, but didn’t. And even better, when that view into the past comes in the form of […]

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Heidi Girl of the Alps- From Switzerland to Japan to Germany

April 21, 2020

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Was that the sound of an Alpenhorn? And a trilling flute! Time for Heidi Girl of the Alps! For many of us in the 1970s, those sounds pulled us away from play time, and we raced to the TV room ready to watch Heidi, Peter, Clara, the goats, and of course Grandfather. It wasn’t until […]

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German Girl in America Book Corner -Find your next Favorite Book!

April 14, 2020

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The first printed book was in German… and Germany publishes about 94,000 titles per year. So, it’s no wonder I love to read! (It’s in the genes!) And I love to recommend books (maybe I should have become a librarian?). Rather than start a book club (getting all of you in my house could be […]

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German American Festival and Events for August

German Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Songs

March 26, 2020

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My mother didn't recite Mother Goose to me when I was a child. I got the German Nursery Rhymes and songs  that she grew up with. "Alle Meine Enten", "Hoopa Hoppa Reiter", and "Backe backe Kuchen". Funny thing, when I had children, I mainly sang and clapped my way through the rhymes of my childhood. […]

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Rübezahl! The legendary Silesian Lord of the Mountains!

Belonging by Nora Krug – A German Reckons with History and Home

October 22, 2019

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Every now and then a book comes along, and my first reaction is… “I wish I had written this”. Belonging by Norah Krug is one of those books. From the first section, the book pulled me in because it was so relatable. (I tore through the book in 2 afternoons.) “Belonging, A German Reckons with […]

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What was Peasant Life Like? Our Daily Bread: German Village Life 1500-1850

June 6, 2019

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Our Daily Bread: German Village Life, 1500-1850 Most history books give you plain facts… you learn about wars, you learn who was king, and where the borders changed. What you don’t usually get, is what was it LIKE to be a peasant and have battles raging around you? To actually struggle to feed a family? […]

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Pennsylvania Germans: An Interpretive Encyclopedia