More Tips and Tricks From Genealogy Institute History November 6, 2023By James M. Beidler Last issue’s column shared a number of German genealogy insights I gained from attending the Genealogy...
Christmastide Culture November 6, 2023Why do we celebrate Christmas on December 25 and when did our holiday tradition of the Christmas tree begin?By Robert...
Von Freiheit bis zur Frechheit History August 31, 2023Johann Martin Ries‘ Betrachtungen zu Philadelphia am Vorabend der Amerikanischen Revolution By Robert A. Selig Die 1770er Jahre waren eine...
German Hyperinflation of November 1923 History April 24, 2023War guilt, reparations and the 1.00 (U.S. $) = 4.200 000 000 000 ReichsmarkBy Robert A. Selig That’s 4 trillion...
Engelbert Krauskopfand His Lone Star Gun Caps Factory History April 24, 2023If there ever was a real-life role model for Karl May’s Old Shatterhand, pioneer Engelbert Krauskopf (1820-1881) of Fredericksburg, Texas,...
Frankenstein History April 24, 2023A film, a novel and a German-American artist.By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Mention “Frankenstein” and the 1931 Hollywood film starring Boris...
Hoch auf dem Gelben Wagen History February 28, 2023Tracing a brief history of the German Postal System and the House of Thurn and Taxis.By Robert A. Selig Hoch...
The Vienna Woodsfrom Klosterneuburg to Heiligenkreuz History February 28, 2023By Peter Pabisch The Vienna Woods form an area from the eastern end of the Alps which start around Genoa...
Immanuel Kant—als geistige Nahrung History January 27, 2023Von Peter Pabisch Wer hätte gedacht, dass man heute noch die Ideen Immanuel Kants als wichtig ansehen würde? Dennoch gilt...
Who were Caspar, MeLChior, and Balthasar, die Heiligen Drei Könige? History November 17, 2022In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, asking,...
