Joni Sussman, a child of Holocaust survivors, is active in Holocaust education in the Midwest. She is a past president of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, where she continues to serve as Chair of Holocaust Education. She is a founder of CHAIM (Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Minnesota). She […]
My 20 minutes talk: at RC Jerusalem, (Wednesday, January 4, 2023). The 1848ers (“Forty-eighters”), typified by charismatic Gabriel Riesser and Theodor Olshausen, were a relatively small number of democratic revolutionaries, who emigrated from Europe in the late 1840s and early 1850s after fighting unsuccessfully with both pen and sword for liberty, democracy, and national unity. […]
You are invited to celebrate 100 years of Northfield Rotary in 2025. More information will be coming soon! Northfield Rotarian Brett Reese talks about RI President Holger Knaack and Paris Graphic Designer York Penno (https://www.go-starpeace.com) visiting in May of 2022 for Rotary Conference, Democracy Under Fire (https://www.peaceconference.us) Special thanks to: https://www.reunioneatdrinkgather.com Music and Video by […]
Rotary Club of Jerusalem, 1931: "WE LEAVE OUR DIFFERENCES AT THE DOOR" In 1931, US Jewett Fulton, Rotary Club Keokuk, Iowa, grew concerned about rising nationalism and the danger of its leading to war. He sent peace letters to all 504 Rotary clubs outside the US. The Rotary Club of Jerusalem, the only English-language Club […]
Enjoy our latest Video on Youtube: Watch Video The year is 1931. The results of the global economic crisis have an impact everywhere. Nationalism and ideologies that violate human dignity are on the rise. In the midst of this, the Rotary Club of Keokuk, Iowa sends out 496 letters in late December. On the model […]
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 […]
German-American Conference in Northfield, Minnesota "Holocaust Education & The Legacy of 1848, Transplanted Ideas and Values in America's Past and Present," a conference in Northfield, Minnesota from March 30 to April 2, attracted nearly 250 participants from the U.S., Germany, and Denmark. It was organized by historians Dr. Joachim (Yogi) Reppmann and Dr. Don Heinrich […]
PS: June 11, 2016, our keynote address in Cole Camp: (please start at 18:50) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brb9LTWJZ-M Cole Camp (Missouri): New Memorial Commemorates North German Immigrants Preserving Low German language and customs - US Americans are increasingly interested in their German roots A few dozen families from northern Germany settled a tract of land in western Missouri […]
Vortraege ueber zwei massgebende Republikaner der 1848er Demokratie-Bewegung am 5.Juni 2009 in der Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel. Anschliessend Einweihung einer Gedenkstele des Bildhauers Georg Wawerla. Weitere infos unter: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_…, http://www.kn-online.de/lokales/kiel/…,http://www.aggsh.de/ger/pag/ags/o.htmhttp://www.schleswig-holstein.de/Port…
Anfang 1990 drehten wir fuer die ARD den NDR - Vierteiler, "Die Geschichte der DDR". Meine Aufgabe war die Suche der DDR - Interviewpartner und ihre Vorbereitung auf das Gespraech mit Dieter Bub (ehemaliger stern - Journalist in Ost-Berlin). Folge 1 Folge 2 Folge 3 Folge 4