Moin-Moin, dear friends, deutsche Uebersetzung s. bitte unten, The end of one year and the beginning of a new one affords us an opportunity to reflect - with thanks - on the events of 2015. In Thuringia, we were fortunate to locate a railroad box car that had been used to transport prisoners to concentration […]
Moin-Moin, dear friends, deutsche Uebersetzung s. bitte unten, The end of one year and the beginning of a new one affords us an opportunity to reflect - with thanks - on the events of 2015. In Thuringia, we were fortunate to locate a railroad box car that had been used to transport prisoners to concentration […]
Wie Auswanderer frueher auf ihr neues Leben in Amerika vorbereitet wurden - Auszuege aus alten "Rathgebern". Gut gemeinte Tipps nach dem damaligen Wissensstand, die heute jedoch zum Teil naiv oder erheiternd wirken. Diese Zusammenstellung gibt ein lebendiges Bild von der Situation der Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert. (Ein Publikation im kleinen "Kuechtisch - Buchverlag" ["Chamaeleon-Verlag.", Flensburg/Kiel] […]
from the February/March 2014 issue of the German Life magazine. Photo courtesy of Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Mr. German-Americana, is the editor of book reviews at the German Life magazine.
2013 Happy New Year’s Greetings! It was March 30, 1996, in the waiting room of the hospital in Sioux City, Iowa. A worried looking pastor approached me with the words, “Mr. Reppmann, I’m sorry to have to tell you your wife might not survive.” It was a terrible moment. Only a few yards from where […]
