Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Famous German people


Related Topics

  
  German
German is the official language of Germany, where it is spoken by 75 million people, and of Austria, where it is has 7.5 million speakers.
The German dialects spoken in colonies founded by German-speaking people were based on the regional dialects spoken by the original colonists, e.g., Pennsylvania German (erroneously called Dutch instead of Deutsch) is based on the dialects of the Palatinate region of Germany.
German is considered to be a Category I language in terms of difficulty for speakers of English.
www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/december/German.html   (1606 words)

  
 Rescribe: German Translation Notes
The German Language is spoken by 98 million people as a first language, and by over 121 million people in total.
Many Germans also speak a regional dialect, distinguished from Hochdeutsch by the absence of the second consonantal shift introduced in the 8th and 9th centuries.
The German language is in the midst of an orthographic reform (Rechtschreibreform).
www.rescribe.com /german_translation.html   (516 words)

  
 Famous people in the history of electronics
Marconi was awarded honors by many countries and received, jointly with the German physicist Karl Ferdinand Braun, the 1909 Nobel Prize in physics for his work in wireless telegraphy.
German physicist and Nobel laureate, born in Hamburg, and educated at the universities of Göttingen, Munich, and Berlin.
As a result of these experiments, which were the first demonstration of the quantum theory of the German physicist Max Planck, Hertz and Franck were awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in physics.
library.thinkquest.org /C006657/electronics/famous_people.htm   (1596 words)

  
 German Celebrities
German writers, artists, actors, philosophers and other celebrities made a great contribution to the development of our civilization.
It was he who turned a gang of rugged people into a serious military force that won the victory in the most important war.
Rudolf Diesel was an exceptional German inventor of the famous Diesel engine, talented engineer, and “the James Watt of the late nineteenth century”.
www.germanculture.com.ua /library/links/celebrities.htm   (669 words)

  
 Famous People - celebrity and historical
The German Workers' Party was centered in Munich which had become a hotbed of ultra right-wing German nationalists who included Army officers determined to crush Marxism and undermine or even overthrow the young German democracy centered in Berlin.
German forces were stopped short of Moscow in December 1941 by a harsh winter and fierce Soviet resistance, however (see Battle of Moscow), and the invasion failed to achieve the quick triumph over the Soviet Union which Hitler had anticipated.
Historical and cultural portrayals of Hitler in the west are almost uniformly negative, often neglecting to mention the adulation the German people bestowed on Hitler during his lifetime, though the vast majority of present-day Germans share a negative view of Hitler.
www.famouspeople.com /famous_biographies/Adolf_Hitler.htm   (6631 words)

  
 Famous German Shepherds
Bruno, a nine-month-old German Shepherd saved the life of eleven-year-old Donnie Skiffington when he was thrown from his bicycle into a ditch, where he lay unconscious and bleeding severely.
The four-year-old German Shepherd was wounded by a shot intended for his handler and left permanently deaf in one ear and blind in one eye as a result of the incident.
Lance, a German Shepherd police dog with the Ontario Provincial Police, tracked a missing Kitchener woman in a swampy conservation area for three hours, and led her safely through the dark woods to safety.
www.angesgardiens.ca /ANG/Famous.htm   (1140 words)

  
 germans in hawaii
A German scholar who took an early interest in Hawai'i was Adelbert von Chamisso, a naturalist aboard the Russian brig Rurik, which Captain Otto von Kotzebue sailed to Hawai'i in 1815.
The efforts of the early Germans are clearly displayed in the restoration and exhibits at the Rudolph Wilhem Meyer Sugar Mill on the island of Moloka'i.
A wealthier and more famous German fortune seeker in Hawai'i was Claus Spreckles, a California sugar refiner, who found his business greatly threatened by the Kingdom of Hawai'i's reciprocity treaty with the United States signed in 1876.
www.islander-magazine.com /germans.html   (1537 words)

  
 famous people
Churchill was a great spokesman, acting as a moral boost to his people through his many stirring speeches and his unwillingness to surrender to the German juggernaut.
The people of Japan loved their emperor and he was respected as a deity.
This was despite the fact that he addressed his people for the first time ever by telling his people that Japan had surrendered.
www.geocities.com /Athens/9797/famousmain.html   (1370 words)

  
 FAMOUS PEOPLE
Name the four dates in which German people sought to join as a nation and to have a Parliament.
ANS: Thomas Mann Q: Which German philosopher said that all cultures go through up and down phases and that the cultures in the west is in the down phase.
ANS: 1918 Q: In 1936 German troops were sent into a European country to fight on the side of the fascists.
www.germancontest.org /passauf/L3.HTML   (2162 words)

  
 List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a partial list of confirmed famous people who were or are gay, lesbian or bisexual.
Famous people who are simply rumored to be gay, lesbian or bisexual, are not listed.
The sexual orientation of famous individuals is often the subject of rumor and reports in the tabloid press.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Famous_gay_lesbian_or_bisexual_people   (602 words)

  
 Famous Germans
The famous American runner Jesse Owens was wearing a pair of his shoes when he won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
He was a famous German physicist and known for his “uncertainty principle.” In 1932, he won the Nobel Prize for his work in quantam mechanics.
He was a famous German physicist who did pioneering work in the field of electricity and electromagnetic waves.
www.wvup.edu /Academics/humanities/Oldaker/famous_germans.htm   (1064 words)

  
 German For Travellers - German Soccer
Car racing is something that Germans enjoy to do (just drive from Berlin to Munich on Highway 9 on a Sunday evening, that'll show you), but it has become a bit boring since Schumacher wins every single race.
On the level of international soccer, the German are feared for something they did not really understand until the last world championship: the ability to win every match without actually playing well.
So be careful when you cheer, do exactly the same as the person next to you: Drink beer secretly, throw rolls of toilet paper onto the field or explosives into the next fan area and ripp the shirt of one’s back in the second half of the match and wave it.
www.germanfortravellers.com /culture/other/index.htm   (828 words)

  
 Glossary of People: St
The celebrated brigand Koba was known as a fighter for the the rights of the people, while the fictional Koba was depicted as sacrificing everything in his struggle against the Tsarist authorities on behalf of his people, but unsuccesful, freedom was lost.
Half of the members of the first Council of Peoples Commissars were executed in 1938 (A quarter of them had died natural deaths before hand, of the remaining quarter only Stalin lived past 1942).
Founder of the German People's Party after World War I, served briefly as chancellor in 1923 and was foreign minister, 1923-29.
www.marxists.org /glossary/people/s/t.htm   (1161 words)

  
 Inventor Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist, born in Hamburg, and educated at the University of Berlin.
Before Hertz gained professorships in Karlsruhe and Bonn, he had studied under the famous scientist Hermann von Helmholtz in Bonn, and it was Helmholtz who encouraged Hertz to attempt to win the science prize that led to some of Hertz's most important discoveries.
He was one of the first people to demonstrate the existence of electric waves.
www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/hertz.htm   (872 words)

  
 3 Famous German People :) - Delta Goodrem's Official Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I have a list of some German people I have to chose 3 from, to write about, for language...
People in his village were amazed to hear such music coming from the Mozart’s house.
The singers refused to perform in a piece conducted by a little boy and there were claims made that the piece was written by his father, not the son.
forums.deltagoodrem.com /index.php?showtopic=99694   (1738 words)

  
 Famous Germans Austrians Swiss - The German Way   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Became mayor of West Berlin in 1957, was German chancellor (SPD, Social Democrats) from 1969 to 1974, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his Ostpolitik of rapprochement with East Germany.
German physicist who is best known for his “uncertainty principle.” Heisenberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1932 for his work in quantam mechanics.
German physicist who did pioneering research related to electricity and electromagnetic waves, which were first known as “hertzian waves.” His name also became the term used for radio and electrical frequencies: hertz (Hz), as in kilohertz (KHz) or megahertz (MHz).
www.german-way.com /famous.html   (3145 words)

  
 Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935)
His meetings were disrupted by Nazi youth gangs who hurled stink bombs and opened fire on the crowds; Hirschfeld himself was physically attacked twice at meetings in Munich in 1920 and 1921 by anti-Semites.
Between the 1933 assault and the end of World War II, the German Nazis succeeded in wiping out most traces of the homosexual emancipation movement from German society and much of Europe.
With so much of the documentation of the concentration camps destroyed toward the end of the war, there is no way to accurately gauge how many homosexuals died during the Holocaust.
www.stonewallsociety.com /famouspeople/magnus.htm   (935 words)

  
 Famous People in Energy and Science
When most people think of Isaac Newton, they think of him sitting under an apple tree observing an apple fall to the ground.
However, the thing that made him famous is his temperature scale, which he based on the boiling and melting points of water.
What is now known as Ohm's law appeared in his most famous work, a book published in 1827 that gave his complete theory of electricity.
www.eia.doe.gov /kids/history/people/pioneers.html   (8700 words)

  
 American Experience | The Man Behind Hitler | PBS
With his powerful voice and unscrupulous instincts, he played upon the German people's economic fears to create support for the National Socialist cause.
On February 18, 1943, Goebbels delivered his most famous speech, the Sportpalast, or Total War, speech, in which he motivated the German people to continue their struggle even though the German war effort was failing.
Although the Allies were by then winning the war, and insisting on unconditional surrender, Goebbels whipped the crowd into a frenzy and mobilized them for a near-suicidal "total war." Inventing secret weapons and mountain fortresses where the Nazis would make their last stand, Goebbels never lost his faith in his cause.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/goebbels/peopleevents/p_goebbels.html   (695 words)

  
 Famous peoples last words | Digital Karma
Famous peoples last wordsThis is a list of famous peoples last words gathered from Acropolis website.
Karl Marx was the German economist, philosopher, and revolutionary who, with the aid of Friederich Engles, produced most of the theory of modern socialism and communism.
Goethe, a German writer, biologist, and scholar, was a literary leader of the German Sturm and Drang period.
www.digital-karma.org /culture/quotes/famous-peoples-last-words   (2927 words)

  
 Famous and Infamous Germans from Russia
This web-list includes famous Germans born in Russia or famous descendants of Germans from Russia.
Astronaut Gemar was an invited speaker at the Germans from Russia Historical Society Convention in 1991.
It is believed that she is a descendant of Germans from Russia.
www-personal.umich.edu /~steeles/gerrus   (2085 words)

  
 Famous People Clipart ETC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Martin Behaim (1459-1507) Behaim was a famous navigator and geographer.
Prince Bismarck Otto von Bismarck was the Duke of Lauenburg, Prime Minister of Prussia, and Chancellor of the North German Confederation and of the German Empire.
Sebastian Brant A famous German humanist and satirist, famous for Das Narrenschiff.
etc.usf.edu /clipart/galleries/People/famouspeople_c.htm   (1594 words)

  
 30 War Articles for the German People
These are the articles of war for the German people, who are now engaged in the most fateful battle of their history.
Millions of brave German soldiers fight for them on every front, and millions of industrious men and woman work untiringly for them at home, in the factories, workshops, offices, laboratories, and in agriculture.
An old trick of warfare is to split a people from its government, leaving it leaderless and therefore defenseless.
www.calvin.edu /academic/cas/gpa/goeb45.htm   (2193 words)

  
 Famous People (3) - The German Way
Discovered by German designer Karl Lagerfeld in 1988, Schiffer announced in October 1998 that she would retire from the fashion runway.
Elected German chancellor in September 1998, Schröder (spelled Schroeder in English) is the former governor (Ministerpräsident) of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen).
Schurz was a Union general in the Civil War, became a U.S. Senator (R, Missouri, 1869-1875), Secretary of the Interior in the Rutherford B. Hayes administration, and confidant of Abraham Lincoln (for whom he campaigned).
www.german-way.com /famous3.html   (1885 words)

  
 German For Travellers - Famous Germans
A premise for war arose over the succession of German prince Leopod of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen to the Spanish throne, which was blocked by France.
King Wilhelm was crowned German Emperor in the Chåteau de Versailles Hall of Mirrors on 18 January 1871.
He died at the age of 83 in 1898 and is honoured in Germany by many buildings and places that have been given his name.
www.germanfortravellers.com /culture/people/bismarck3.htm   (252 words)

  
 GermanFoods.org: German Food: Celebrations and Holidays: Winter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Even the American fruitcake was adapted from one of the most famous German delicacies, "stollen." Since 1329, this unique "fruitcake" has been considered one of the most precious Christmas pastries in the world.
This tasty version bursts with nuts and fruit and is sure to change your mind about the term "fruitcake." The Stollen is shaped with tapered ends and a ridge down the center, symbolizing the Baby Jesus in swaddling clothes, in which it was customary to wrap newly born children.
Two million people visit Nuremberg's Christkindlmarkt every year, for not only does it feature the toys and décor of the season, but its food and drink as well.
www.germanfoods.org /consumer/winterholidays.cfm   (808 words)

  
 RNZFB - Famous People
But Louis felt that there must be a way for people who were blind to read and write.
She helped raise awareness of the needs of people who were blind, deaf and disabled.
Helen became world famous for her courage in overcoming her disabilities and for her fight to help others.
www.rnzfb.org.nz /learnaboutblindness/irisworld/famouspeople   (683 words)

  
 SFCC - German Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The German Klub has existed since 1988 and has been enthusiastically displaying German culture and language at various campus activities.
You might have attended or at least heard of our famous Oktoberfest, when we offer original German Bratwurst and Sauerkraut served on a roll with German Löwensenf (German Löwen Deli Mustard) accompanied by a drink and a cookie.
Last but by no means least are the people who make it all possible: all the Klubs' members, of course, but especially those who have assumed extra responsibilities by filling the positions of officers.
www.sfcc.spokane.cc.wa.us /Academic/German/default.asp?page=GermanKlub   (453 words)

  
 Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise's Baby: A 'Blue-Eyed Beauty' | Birth, Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise : People.com
PEOPLE Top 5 are the most-viewed stories on the site over the past three days, updated every 60 minutes.
Last October, barely six months into their romance, an ecstatic Cruise and Holmes revealed that they were expectant parents.
Cruise, 43, and Holmes, 27, had made no secret of their desire to start a family together: When asked by PEOPLE last June if they were planning to have children, Holmes smiled and said simply, "Yes."
www.people.com /people/article/0,,1170244,00.html   (597 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.