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

The Katzenjammer Kids- A German-American Comic for over 100 Years

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Celebrating German Culture in America
On Dec.12, 1897 a comic strip featuring a German-American family with a distinctly Denglish accent made its first appearance in a Sunday Supplement of the New York Journal. The Katzenjammer Kids featured twins Hans and Fritz, two boys who were always up to mischief and pranks. The word Katzenjammer basically means “Cat Wailing” or caterwauling, […]
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The Candy Bomber – The Berlin Airlift & Operation Little Vittles

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German American History
Cover Image-C-54 dropping candy during Berlin Airlift c1949 – Public Domain In a 2021 newsletter, I mentioned that I would be writing about the Candy Bomber who dropped handkerchief parachutes with chocolate payloads for the children of Berlin during the Airlift. One of my readers, Dorothea Thunig Smith, reached out to me with a lovely […]
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Who are the Volga Germans? Holding their Tradition across 3 Countries

The Gingerbread for Liberty Book- The Story of a German American Hero during the Revolution

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Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution Gingerbread for Liberty book a beautifully illustrated children’s book by Mara Rockliff is based on the true story of Christopher Ludwich, a German Baker who arrived in America as a young man. Ludwich was known for his delicious Gingerbread, and his motto “no […]
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Burg Maus- The Perfect Setting for a Mystery! Guest Post by Rachel Selle

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