Category: Peace Conference

Warum nur wollen so viele Deutsche nichts von der Geschichte ihrer Demokratie wissen? Ein gebildeter deutscher Bürger spricht zu uns: Georg Cremer, geboren 1952 in der Bundesrepublik, Volkswirtschaftler und Statistik-Experte, Generalsekretär eines der größten deutschen Wohlfahrtsverbände. Er habe, so gab er vor wenigen Tagen in einem Interview mit derSüddeutschen Zeitung zu Protokoll, erst in der […]

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 […]

“The Legacy of 1848: Trailblazers of Democracy, An International Conference on the Forty-Eighters in the USA” March 30 – April 2, 2017 Northfield, Minnesota The German and European rebels and freedom fighters that immigrated to the USA as a result of the 1848 Revolution will be the focus of a trans-Atlantic conference. “The Legacy of […]

Program: 2017 Conference

The 2017 Northfield Conference, “Legacy of 1848 & Holocaust Education”, concluded with “Thoughts on Being German,” a poignant and heartfelt address delivered by Hans Jörg Gudegast, aka Eric Braeden. Born in Bredenbek, Schleswig-Holstein, Gudegast experienced firsthand the horrors of World War II prior to his immigration to the United States in 1959. Eric lives in […]

"On April 1, Consul General Herbert Quelle presented Dr. Joachim “Yogi” Reppmann with the German American Friendship Award during the Euro-Atlantic Conference "The Legacy of 1848, Through Today" in Northfield, MN. The conference, co-sponsored by the German Consulate General, was organized by Reppmann and was the most recent of a lifetime of contributions to German-American […]

The 2017 Northfield Conference, “Legacy of 1848 & Holocaust Education”, concluded with “Thoughts on Being German,” a poignant and heartfelt address delivered by Hans Jörg Gudegast, aka Eric Braeden. Born in Bredenbek, Schleswig-Holstein, Gudegast experienced firsthand the horrors of World War II prior to his immigration to the United States in 1959. Eric lives in […]

2017 German-American Conference in Northfield, MN "Holocaust Education & the Legacy of 1848, Transplanted Ideas and Values in America's Past and Present" Dr. Joachim Reppmann receives German American Friendship Award Conference Highlights After three days of stimulating and thought-provoking presentations, displays, and discussions, the “Legacy of 1848” conference concluded in Northfield, Minnesota, on April 2, […]