Culture

Buchnotizen/Book Notes provides brief comments on recent books relating to German and German-American topics. Information as to price and ordering can be found at various Internet book sites, or at the nearest ... Read More...

By Sharon Hudgins Long before the Covid-19 pandemic upended many aspects of our lives, I was accustomed to working at home. When I wasn’t doing research in Europe and Asia, or traveling overseas as a lecture... Read More...

by Peter Pabisch The American Thanksgiving holiday represents not only the largest family festival of the year besides Christmas and, maybe Easter, it also occurs regularly toward the end of November (on the... Read More...

German engineering and expertise led to the development and manufacturing of premier American bicycles. By Eric Bryan For many 20th century American children, an early sense of freedom came with riding a ... Read More...

By Robert A. Selig • Photographs Courtesy Sally Nye “We’re off to see the Wizard…!“ Surely most of our readers can at least hum if not sing this unforgettable tune made famous by Judy Garland as “Dorothy” in... Read More...

By Peter Pabisch Photographs Courtesy GSSchNM When Professor George F. Peters (1944 – 2014) and I established the German Summer School of New Mexico (GSSchNM) in Taos Ski Valley in 1975/76 as an extraordina... Read More...

This New York factory found good, dedicated German immigrant workers to make their carousels go round. By Don Heimburger • Photographs Courtesy Don Heimburger “For steady, sure-fire revenue nothing beats th... Read More...

Marks 150th Anniversary By Michelle Heitmann • Photographs Courtesy St. Louis Liederkranz In June of 2020, the St. Louis Liederkranz will mark a milestone reached by few singing organizations. We will be ce... Read More...

Buchnotizen/Book Notes provides brief comments on recent books relating to German and German-American topics. Information as to price and ordering can be found at various Internet book sites, or at the nearest ... Read More...