There were many reasons why Germans left their homeland to make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic to America. Although much has been said about religious persecution, …
One group of immigrants stands out for making Milwaukee a very unique American city. They are the Germans. Germans came to Milwaukee in droves during the 1800’s. By 1880, 27% of …
After 1900 Texas Germans entered virtually every occupation in the state, and some names, such as rancher Robert J. Kleberg and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, became very well known indeed.
Revolutions and freedoms in U.S. and France led Germans to demand more individual choice. German revolutions in 1830 and 1848 failed; some participants emigrated.
A century ago, however, the Germans were at war with the rest of Europe, and anti-German feeling was high in the United States. Young Otto’s peaceful, storybook boyhood was about to …
The Germans were farmers, not artisans, and unless they some-how managed to establish vineyards in Britain's inhospitable climate, there seemed little chance that they would …
“Stomach” Germans wanted to read the news in their German-language newspapers, drink their beer in the company of other Germans, use the German language in their worship services, …