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English Translation of the article in Kieler Nachrichten, January 4, 2016 Sylt Love MovieThe Couple from a Picture BookBy Kristiane BackheuerA couple from Sylt are becoming movie stars more than 100 years after their deaths. During his research, Dr. Joachim Reppmann, a historian from Flensburg, came across the story of Mathilde and Bleik Peters, who […]

Bildungsreise: DIE ZEIT Eine volle Dosis Deutschland Amerikanische Germanisten erkundeten Schleswig-Holstein „Den Historiker Reppmann nennen sie alle nur Yogi, obwohl er alles andere ist als ein in sich versunkener Asket: Er gibt den Fremdenführer, Eintänzer, Conférencier und Maître de Plaisir in Personalunion.“ Da oben in Montana müssen die Farmerkinder jetzt kräftig mit anpacken, wenn es […]

Eric Braeden lives in Pacific Palisades, CA, known as “Weimar am Pazifik“ since 1933; across from his house is the elegant villa where Thomas Mann, a German literature Nobel laureate from Schleswig-Holstein, spent his years in exile during the Second World War. Braeden has appeared in over 120 TV productions and films, including “Titanic“ (1997). […]

Deutsche waren Mitgründer der Republikanischen Partei, die sich jetzt Donald Trump zu Füßen legt. Eine deutsch-amerikanische Geschichte über Freiheitsdrang. Als Carl Schurz zum ers­ten Mal auf Abra­ham Lin­coln trifft, ist er über­rascht: „Er trug“, schreibt Schurz, „auf sei­nem Kop­fe ei­nen et­was zer­knit­ter­ten Zy­lin­der­hut. Sein lan­ger, seh­ni­ger Hals rag­te aus ei­nem Hemd­kra­gen em­por, der über eine […]

The long anticipated tennis rematch had finally arrived. Yogi versus Eric: part II. At a quarter past 4 on Saturday April 4th, 2015, Yogi and I walked onto court 1 of the Rivera Tennis Club, Pacific Palisades, CA, for what was sure to be a battle to end all battles – unless we were to […]

Kiel, Germany: Every student and every single member of the alumni knows the name of “Olshausenstraße” from every day’s trip to the city of Kiel’s Christian-Albrechts-University. This street was named in memory of the brothers Justus and Theodor Olshausen. To keep their memory alive, a monument was dedicated to them; erected on June 5th, 2009. […]