Retired German Ambassador Stefan Schlüter led a discussion titled “Germany’s Dramatic Zeitenwende: Setting new priorities in foreign, security, and energy policy” at the Germanic-American Institute (gaimn.org) in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 28. In the Q & A session, the idea of a dramatic change of personnel in the running of Germany was raised. It […]
Kieler Nachrichten, Nr. 19 –Special Report – Tuesday, 23 January 1979, p. 19 by Dietrich (Dee) Eicke & Joachim (Yogi) Reppmann “This is my most beautiful Christmas present!” exclaimed Kiel’s mayor Arthur Kahl as he unwrapped a picture volume with an accompanying inscription by Dr. Bantzer, Mayor of Kiel, Germany. Two students from Kiel University, […]
Dieter Wilhelmy - vierteilige Serie im Hochglanzmagazin Dr. Joachim „Yogi“ Reppmann ist Historiker und verbringt seit 1992 je sechs Monate pro Jahr in Northfield, Minnesota und in Flensburg. Als wir uns Ende April das erste Mal in der großzügigen Wohnung, Teil einer Villa auf der westlichen Höhe, treffen, sind noch nicht alle Koffer ausgepackt, die […]
Keokuk Peace Letters (331 p) - How to Shape the Future Today we sense once again that the fundamental values of our communal life are under threat, in the form of nationalism, populism, homophobia. The commitment to peace and mutual understanding among peoples remains a constant challenge—and a perpetual task for all of us. In […]
As a German historian who lives half the year in the United States and the other half in Germany, I was impressed by Norman Watt’s recently published novel Fanatic, both for its evocative setting on an idyllic American college campus and for the variety of German and German/American topics it presents. These range from the […]
Soon after accepting a position as a German instructor at a tiny college in the remote hills of Kentucky, Colin Ritter takes on a challenge posed by the founder of the college over a hundred years earlier: if he can use his exceptional talent as a puzzle master to solve a convoluted series of riddles, […]
Exemplary Writings by Dr. Wolfgang Plenio, a retired gymnasium professor, who lives near Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. In 1973, Wolfgang, who was born in 1930, was Yogi Reppmann’s Latin tutor in secondary school. Excerpts from his body of thought, drawn from the correspondence between Plenio and Reppmann over the years, are contained in this booklet. E.g. […]
Ever since they first set foot in the United States, Gitta and Joachim „Yogi“ Reppmann have been a living example of the furthering of German-American friendship. Cultural exchanges between Germany and the American Midwest (the „Heartland“), formerly an important destination for German emigrants, have been a major focus of their lives. Drawing on his experiences […]
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). […]
Eric Braeden, a Hollywood star from Bredenbek, and historian Yogi Reppmann from Flensburg (both towns are located in the northernmost German State of Schleswig-Holstein); their friendship goes back to 1989: here, in 2014, after a tennis match in Flensburg, on the border with Denmark. Both are fascinated by the timeless concepts, ideas and values of […]