Presents questions covering the history, culture and social life, religion, political activities, economic life, and accomplishments of German Americans, with a separate section of answers.
Tearing the Silence brings together her interviews with dozens of German-born Americans, and their confrontations with the taboo of the Holocaust.
A “fascinating, well-researched account” of Mildred Gillars, the failed actress who turned on her country and became a Nazi propagandist during WWII (Publishers Weekly).
Represents the German-American experience in the United States. Provides a German-American Chronology section to assist with orientation in historical time. Includes some of the key events in the history of Germany.
From the first arrivals at Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1683 to the twilight of ethnicity in the twenty-first century, this book surveys the sweep of German American history over 300 years.
The German Dimension of American History
This is a concise survey of the role that America's largest ethnic group, the German-Americans, has played in American history from the 17th century to the present.
Harding emerged as the ideal compromise nominee precisely because, as a political nonentity, he could become anything the party bosses wanted him to be. Harding hardly campaigned for the presidency. In contrast to Woodrow Wilson's ...
Representing one-fourth of the population, German-Americans constitute the largest ethnic element, according to the U.S. Census, with well over 60 million people claiming German heritage. In twenty-six states, they comprise...
This book is written for these German Americans but also for others interested in history to find an answer why these early Germans left their Home country and ventured across the ocean.
This book is written for these German Americans but also for others interested in history to find an answer why these early Germans left their Home country and ventured across the ocean.