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  Germans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Germans (German: die Deutschen) are defined as an ethnic group, or Volk, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, speaking the German language as a mother tongue and being of German descent.
Germans are also defined by their national citizenship, which had, in the course of German history, varying relations to the above (German culture), according to the influence of subcultures and society in general (also refer to Imperial Germans, Federal Germans etc. and Demographics of Germany).
In addition, a significant number of German citizens (close to 5%), although traditionally considered ethnic Germans, are in fact foreign-born and thus often retain the cultural identities and languages or their native countries in addition to being Germans, a fact that sets them apart from those born and raised in Germany.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Germans   (2686 words)

  
 Latin America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The population of Latin America is an amalgam of ethnic groups.
Although, many from outside of Latin America may perceive all Latin Americans as being of mixed stock and heritage, Latin America has a very diverse population, with many ethnic groups and different ancestries or races, the majority of which are either of European, African, or Amerindian descent, or a mix of these.
Latin America, and in particular Brazil, are active in developing the quasi-socialist Roman Catholic movement known as Liberation Theology.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Latin_America   (3742 words)

  
 german
Germans contributed substantially to its growth: By 1841, 28 percent of the total population was German; 10 years earlier the figure was only 5 percent, By 1850, when Cincinnati was known as the "Queen City of the West," the German community (including those born in America) made up half its population.
German involvement in the labor movement did not sit well with nativists, who, in the last decades of the 19th century, were again seeking support for anti-immigration laws.
German Americans, the societies members insisted, were neither "mongrels with a divided allegiance" nor "hyphenates." In keeping with this goal, they named their organization after Baron Friedrich von Steuben, a hero of the War of Independence.
www.theseverts.net /German.htm   (13046 words)

  
 German Language - History and Use
German (called "Deutsch" in German), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the world's major languages.
German is the third most popular foreign language taught worldwide, and the second most popular in Europe (after English), the USA and East Asia (Japan).
Since the reform, German spelling has been in an eight-year transitional period where the reformed spelling is taught in most schools, while traditional and reformed spelling co-exist in the media.
www.germannotes.com /hist_germany_language.shtml   (934 words)

  
 The Howard Center: The Family In America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
America stood as the "asylum of liberty," "the new order for the ages," where the ideals of freedom, equality, and republicanism held sway.
German was the overwhelmingly predominant "foreign" language in the public schools and universities.
Among German Roman Catholics, the influence of the new Social Catholicism was particularly strong in its affirmation of family autonomy and the vital role of small communities of virtue.
www.profam.org /pub/fia/fia_1601-02.htm   (10329 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
The Germans were ambitious farmers and artisans who believed their futures were cramped by the social and economic system at home.
As late as 1880 the population of San Antonio was one-third German.
Germans created new ethnic islands as late as the 1920s, but they were peopled from other areas in Texas, particularly the German Belt.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/png2.html   (2162 words)

  
 German American Corner: Unity and Justice and Freedom: The Revolution of 1848   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The German rulers were frightened enough to grant concessions: they promised liberal constitutions, appointed liberals to ministries, promised freedom of the press, the freedom to hold meetings and a German national parliament.
It was supposed to overcome feudal political structures, end German particularism and lead Germany to national unity, develop a free constitution focusing on basic rights for all, establish a parlimentary system and solve massive social problems, all at once.
Carl Schurz remains one of the best-known German immigrants to America.
www.germanheritage.com /Essays/1848/unity_and_justice_and_freedom.html   (2004 words)

  
 German Section :: Department of Foreign Languages :: Eastern Michigan University
German is a key language in the European Union and in the rapidly growing markets of Central and Eastern Europe
German is America's largest European trading partner with more than 800 major American firms doing business in Germany with 300 companies in Berlin alone.
While they are BOTH important world languages, an enormous amount of material is made available first and sometimes only in German academic fields such as banking, engineering, the sciences, ANY humanities field, medicine, social sciences, etc. German companies and research institutions are world leaders in many of these areas.
www.emich.edu /public/foreignlanguages/german   (345 words)

  
 Sports in Germany Austria Switzerland - Soccer Fussball - The German Way
One out of three Germans is a member of one of the many sports clubs across Germany that offer opportunities to play soccer, handball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and other sports...
Germans (and Europeans in general) are big Formula One fans, especially with “Schumi,” (SHOO-me) as he is affectionately known, leading the F1 pack.
German Football League - American football teams in Germany (in English); click on the team logos on the right for more info and links for each GFL team.
www.german-way.com /sport.html   (1093 words)

  
 German Life Magazine: Web Index
This offers "hot links" to hundreds of websites all over the German- speaking world in all subject areas, including online newspapers and magazines, government offices, social clubs, business, science, art, and literature.
Through the German Information Center in New York City, the German Embassy of Washington, D.C. offers news and speeches from Germany, cultural events across the U.S., business information, customs regulations, German organizations in the U.S., and links to Germany-related sites.
The projects brought together at this Web address are particularly useful for Germanophiles who want to polish their language skills, (a "Digital Laboratory for German Studies" is under construction) or read from "Landeskunde" texts, literary collections, and historical studies.
www.germanlife.com /WebIndex/general.html   (534 words)

  
 Links to Other German Genealogical Sites - Palatines to America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
German Genealogy Net Translation Team —Free translation by volunteers for short (up to 40 lines of 60 characters) of genealogy-related material.
German Farm at Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia.
Research Center German Emigrants in the USA Includes a discussion of problems with the "Germans to America" book series by Ira A. Glazier/William P. Filby.
palam.org /other.htm   (951 words)

  
 The Howard Center: The Family In America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
German Roman Catholics in America drew encouragement from Pope Leo XIII’s great 1891 encyclical, Rerum Novarum, and from the Irish-American advocate of the family wage ideal, Father John Ryan.
A graduate of Wellesley College, Molly Dewson is sometimes called “America’s first female political boss.” In 1933, she gained appointment as head of the Women’s Division of the Democratic National Committee; in 1937, President Roosevelt appointed her to the Social Security Board, where she also played a key role in shaping the 1939 Amendments.
Entitled The Family: Preserving America’s Future, and released in November 1986, the document blasted the “abrasive experiments of two liberal decades” such as day care, population control, no-fault divorce, sex education, and values clarification in the schools.
profam.org /pub/fia/fia_1801.htm   (4111 words)

  
 What is a Palatine? - Palatines to America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Generally speaking, a Palatine is someone who came from the region of Germany called the Palatinate.
In the 18th and early 19th century, the term Palatine was used in America to describe immigrants from the Palatinate and other adjoining German-speaking areas.
Palatines to America is an organization for people researching the origins of their German-speaking ancestors, no matter where they originated.
palam.org /palatine.htm   (277 words)

  
 Gesundheit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
When somebody sneezes Germans reply by saying "Gesundheit!" to wish them good health.
This expression has also found its way into the English language with the first recorded examples appearing in the 1910s.
The expression was probably common even earlier in German-speaking areas of America and spread from there.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/g/ge/gesundheit.html   (123 words)

  
 GERMAN SURNAMES AND THEIR ORIGINS
Here is how one teacher carried out a German-American Day project, dealing with German names in the American mainstream, and had her students participate in an essay contest at the same time.
The German students were indeed surprised at how quickly they came up with the words and names, that most of them took extra time designing posters with color meaning, extra German/Indiana drawings, translating names, or writing some history.
Meer - from the sea, ocean; Borg (northern German) or Burg - from or near a fortified castle; Bullwinkel - corner where bulls were kept; Adler (zum Adler) - eagle, may have derived from a house name; Rabe - crow.
www.serve.com /shea/germusa/surnames.htm   (1133 words)

  
 EPL.ca: Immigration to North America from Germany and German Speaking Areas
EPL.ca: Immigration to North America from Germany and German Speaking Areas
Immigration to North America from Germany and German Speaking Areas
A partial reconstruction of the lists can be found in four volumes of German immigrants: lists of passengers bound from Bremen to New York, with places of origin by Gary J. Zimmerman, and Marion Wolfert.
www.epl.ca /EPLMaster.cfm?ID=GERMANYANDGE0001   (266 words)

  
 New Acquisitions (Spring 2002)
The visit of the American Turners was all the more significant given the rift that had developed between the American and German Turners over political issues since the founding of the new German empire in 1871.
Schücking sharply criticizes "the habits of descendants of middle-class German immigrants" and details his concerns for educational practices, with an emphasis on the education of girls.
Discusses three cases of "a pronounced enthusiasm for the political situation in America" as expressed (often with an idealized image) by Hessen-Kassel officers during the early 1800s.
csumc.wisc.edu /mki/Library/NewAcqs/2002/NewAcqsSp2002.htm   (2301 words)

  
 KHS Why Study German Page
Among many academic programs requiring or recommending German are: anatomy, art history, biochemistry, biology, biomedical physics, botany, chemistry, design, engineering, film studies, genetics, linguistics, logic and mthodology of science, molecular biology, music, near eastern studies, philosophy, physical science, physics, physiology, religious studies, zoology
The German speaking countries are among the most popular destintations for American travellers
The world is only going to get smaller and German is NOT just a regional language with cute Volkslieder.
sps.k12.mo.us /khs/german/germany/teacher/whygerman.htm   (430 words)

  
 Messiah Truth: A Jewish Response to Missionary Groups
This observation led to the theory that both gospels were based largely on an earlier document called "Q" meaning "Quelle," which is German for "source," and is comprised of three distinct documents:
Jews for Judaism: An international, full-time counter-missionary, counter-cult, educational, outreach and counseling organization dedicated to countering the multi-million-dollar efforts of deceptive missionary and cult groups that target the Jewish community for conversion.
The Task Force on Missionaries and Cults: A counter-missionary and counter-cult organization in North America that provides information and assistance to individuals and communities in the U.S., Europe, and Israel.
www.messiahtruth.com /response.html   (3947 words)

  
 german speaking - OneLook Dictionary Search
We found 6 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word german speaking:
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "german speaking" is defined.
Phrases that include german speaking: german speaking areas of america, german speaking community in belgium, german speaking countries
www.onelook.com /?w=german+speaking&ls=a   (96 words)

  
 eogen - Pennsylvania Dutch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The term "Pennsylvania Dutch" refers to immigrants from German-speaking areas of Europe who settled in Pennsylvania before about 1800.
The German word for German language is Deutch, which was corrupted to Dutch in early America.
The German language was common in Pennsylvania and many records of the Pennsylvania Dutch, including Tombstones, were written in German.
www.eogen.com /PennsylvaniaDutch   (102 words)

  
 The Palatine Immigrant - Contents - Palatines to America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
German Settlement in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia by Clifford Neal Smith
Nach Amerika / To America by Ernst Schworm
Germans and the Methodists in Ireland and America by Cecil P.E. Pottieger
www.palam.org /immcont.htm   (5103 words)

  
 ESWO website - Eduard and Egon Wojciulewicz
The severe repression after the uprisal in 1863 forced thousands of Poles and Lithuanians into emigration to North America (up to 4 million people, among them a lot of family members).
This emigration continued until the beginning of the 20th century.
Again (Polish speaking) people had to leave their home lands in the eastern parts of pre-war Poland and went to post-war Poland and Western-Europe.
roots.eswo.org   (1187 words)

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