German Americans
Overview
Situated in the heart of Europe, Germany today adjoins nine neighbors: Denmark to the north; Poland and the Czech Republic to the east; Austria and Switzerland to the south; ...
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German Immigration
In 2000, people of German descent comprised the largest nationality or ethnic group (group of people who are not from the majority culture in the country in which they live and who ...
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While America has almost always been a "melting pot" of different cultures blended together, Germans have always managed to blend well into society while retaining their own special society and cult...
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In 1943, 17-year-old Eberhard Fuhr was taken out of his high school classroom in Cincinnati, arrested by FBI agents, and sent off to an internment camp for "enemy aliens" in Texas, where he spent t...
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DaimlerChrysler AG, which is examining options for its struggling American arm, will offer detailed financial information on the Chrysler Group on a selective basis to potential buyers, a senior co...
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Kurt Vonnegut's hometown has been celebrating his literary works in a "Year of Vonnegut" and will honor the late author this month at a sold-out event where he had been scheduled to speak.Fans who ...
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Government attorneys are scrutinizing the FBI's terror investigations and national security cases more closely because continuing violations and sloppy mistakes are jeopardizing people's privacy ri...
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Berlin (dpa) - A group of German-American investors plans to
convert a huge former US army barracks in Berlin into a luxury city
housing complex named after legendary Hollyw...
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Werner Herzog isn’t a name you usually associate with Hollywood. His niche has always been in the realm of the weird and wonderful, depicting protagonists — both in his narrative films ...
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BERLIN, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A new U.S. embassy that sits next
to the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin will show off
America's "warmer, friendlier, fuzzier" side, U.S. Ambassador
William R. Timken...
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BERLIN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A senior lawmaker in Germany's
ruling Social Democrats voiced support for the deployment of
German troops to southern Afghanistan on Monday, breaking ranks
with the gover...
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Polka music rolls over the crowded pews of St. Joseph Catholic Church, reverberating off the sandstone walls and columns as parishioners celebrate 168 years of faith and German heritage in Jasper, ...
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