I’m excited to share this Guest Post written by Randall Schroeder! The post originally appeared in My German America, a newsletter about German Heritage in America, put out a few times a month by Lukas Schroeder. Lukas who describes himself as the Fourth-Generation German American, Tubist & Manager BierkellerBoys, let his dad Randall, Third-generation descendant of German immigrants, Citizen archivist,…
Category: Guest Posts
How to Make Chicken Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce/Jägersoße
This post for Chicken Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce (Huhnerschnitzel mit Jägersoße) was written by my daughter Katy who is following the Stay at Home order alone in the Bay Area. Luckily, she inherited her Oma’s ability to cook! She also knows how to use what she already has in her kitchen to make a delicious meal. As I have been…
German Easter Nest Tradition- From Germany to Texas
My friend Chuck grew up in Yorktown, Texas, about an 1 ½ hours south of New Braunfels (the heart of German Texas), where his great great grandfather Johann Jost settled in 1848 after leaving Womelsdorf, Germany. Much of his family is still there. Because of the pandemic stay-at-home order, his sister is sorting through Afflerbach family history, and recently came…
My Favorite Things About German Food- a Guest Post
Hello! It’s Katy, one of two daughters of German Girl in America here. This summer after graduating from college (WOOHOO!) my mom brought me along for a whirlwind road trip through Germany. To say I was stoked would be an understatement. You see, I actually have been to Germany a few times. Just in the past 3 years, I have…
Katja, a German Girl in the UK
I love when someone shares their story with us. Katja is a German Girl from Berlin who now lives in the UK and runs her own German Catering Company. Just thinking about it makes me HUNGRY. I know you will enjoy her story too. If you have a story to share, email me at [email protected] My name is Katja,…
A Winter Walk in Germany by Michael Graber
Michael sent me a set of lovely photos that he took on a winter walk in Germany near his home in Planegg, Germany. (Planegg is a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the river Würm, 13 km west of Munich.) Germany may be cold… but it certainly is beautiful… (Please note- all photos…
Shopping for German School Supplies in Germany
My daughter, Katy, spent a Semester studying in Berlin. I’m delighted that she sent us a few posts about life as a California Girl in Germany. This week… shopping for German School supplies. Apparently, it’s not the same as it is here in California… All photos taken by Katy used with permission. There were many things I expected to be…
Marianne’s Story- A Child Refugee from Stettin Tells her Story
Recently, I received an email from Jane with her mother’s story. This could be my mother’s story… it could be the story told by far too many of our Mothers, Grandmothers, and Aunts. It’s the story of too many children during wartime. At the end of the war, Marianne Kriegbaum was sent west, to “safety”, in order to escape the…
A Visit to Welfen Kaserne Landsberg by Michael Graber
The Welfenkaserne is a barracks of the Bundeswehr in Landsberg on the Lech in the state of Bavaria. In the barracks there is an underground facility (UTA), which had to be erected by concentration camp prisoners at the end of the Second World War . It now houses the repair center 13 and parts of the Bundeswehr service center Landsberg…