 years later Turkish Germans have powered German industry, settled in its cities and their influence is seen everywhere.
Germany, its Neighbours and a New Image
From its central position at the heart of today’s European Union Germany lives in peace and harmony with its neighbours, however this was not always the case. What image does modern Germany have in the eyes of its neighbours? A cross section of Europeans from eighteen countries were asked, with interesting results.
Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power
A fascinating insight to the pre-World War II days of Nazi Germany from the viewpoint of well known American journalists, diplomats and socialites who lived in, or visited, the country at the time.
Munich Olympics 1972, From Dream to Terror
The dream that was broken. Munich's 1972 Summer Olympic Games, scene of the Munich Massacre. Its Olympic Park a revolutionary, pioneering design. Sweeping acrylic glass canopies symbolized a new democratic, transparent, optimistic Germany, their shape a panoramic view of the Bavarian Alps.
Stolpersteine, Stones of Remembrance
Stolpersteine, Stumbling stones, the memorial built one stone at a time. Small golden "memory" blocks embedded in sidewalks, in front of homes where victims of Nazism last lived freely, bearing their names and documenting their lives with the barest of details.
The Day of German Unity
German Unity Day - Tag der Deutschen Einheit on October 3 commemorates the day in 1990 the German Democratic Republic, (East Germany), became part of the Federal Republic of Germany, (West Germany). Following the first peaceful revolution in history.
The German American Experience
Perhaps because German Americans stem from a mixed community, which settled in the USA over a wide span of time, they assimilated quickly into their new homeland. Using their skills, discipline and different talents, household names or unknown, they had an enormous influence on American society.
The Modern Car, It All Began With Benz
From a love story the modern automobile was born.Mercedes Benz began as a dream, but Bertha Benz believed in her husband Carl and his vision of a Horseless Carriage. Patented on January 29, 1886, she made the first ever long distance journey with an internal combustion engine powered vehicle.
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