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The Alpine Wurst & Meat House Wins International Recognition

For over 41 years, The Alpine Wurst & Meat House of Honesdale, PA has manufactured German sausages, cold cuts and meats which are produced in Klaus Eifert’s tradition of making things the old German way. Al... Read More...

MISS GERMAN-AMERICA 2019 AND HER COURT

The German-American Steuben Parade Committee of Greater NY Announces MISS GERMAN-AMERICA 2019 AND HER COURT for the 62nd Annual German-American Steuben Parade The German-American Steuben Parade Committee o... Read More...

German and American Genealogical Differences

By James M. Beidler Just as “time and place” are a set of cross-hairs that determine what records exist for a particular era and locality during the life of a particular ancestor, there are a fair number of ... Read More...

Don Heinrich Tolzmann Collection Now Available for Research

Courtesy University of Cincinnati Archives and Rare Books Library The University of Cincinnati Archives and Rare Books Library announces the opening of the Don Heinrich Tolzmann German-Americana Collection. ... Read More...

Celebrating German-American Friendship Day in El Paso, Texas

Germans and Americans gathered at the Southwest University Ballpark in El Paso, TX to celebrate German-American Night on May 21, 2019. The event, which was organized by the German Air Force Air Defense Center, ... Read More...

The Tenacious Dr. Ludanyi

Celebrating the leader of the Connecticut German Saturday Schools. By Polly Tafrate • Photographs Courtesy Polly Tafrate On opening day over 100 students walked through the doors of the German Saturday Sc... Read More...

„In vollem Besitz meiner geistigen Kräfte“ Letzte Willenserklärungen und Testamente in Winterhausen, 1781-1807

Von Robert A. Selig Seit „Ein Schäferstündchen mit ungeahnten Folgen“ (”An Amorous Encounter with Undreamt of Consequences“) in der Dezember 2010/Januar 2011 Ausgabe von German Life erschien und unseren Lese... Read More...

The Importance of German in GERMAN LIFE

Do we need a German article in German Life? Can German culture and lore be portrayed in English only? By Peter Pabisch Many journals and newspapers describe other parts of the world in English without eve... Read More...

Lights! Camera! Action! in Babelsberg

Tracing the heritage of a film capital. By Phyllis Meras Photographs Courtesy Julia Repke It was in Babelsberg, in 1833, that Prussian Prince William and his wife, Augusta, received, as a gift, a beautif... Read More...

A LITTLE PIECE OF FREEDOM: MEMORIES OF AN AUSTRIAN PRISONER OF WAR IN AMERICA

By Julian Mattocks • Photographs Courtesy Julian Mattocks One black-and-white sketch in particular captivates my attention as I fascinatedly look through the drawings. Its focal point—a single tree in full b... Read More...

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