German-American Studies
- How German is American PDF-booklet published 2005 by the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin investigating “the many ways in which influences deriving from German-speaking Europe, rather than being submerged, may still be seen flowing in the mainstream and tributaries of culture across the American landscape.”
- German-American Sites in Chicago and elsewhere:
- DANK-Haus German-American Cultural Center in Chicago Check out e.g. the Events info (e.g. Stammtisch), and the info about their Museum.
- Chicago’s Christkindlmarket Chicago’s Weihnachtsmarkt, which you must visit if you’re ever in Chicago between Thanksgiving and Christmas: many of the vendors actually still speak German!
- German-American Sites in San Francisco
- Deutsche Welle webpages on German Americans Interesting webpage in German including articles on famous people like Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Jochen Hecht (ice hockey player for the St. Louis Blues), and ordinary people like the Amish or Wolga-Germans in North Dakota.
- IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis) Max Kade Center Provides links to the bibliography and yearbook, indexes to German Americana, full text publications, as well as the center’s events and teaching resources. Their Resources Page includes MANY great resources, including a list of links for Genealogical Research.
- For more resources for genealogical research, check out the Austrian Geneaology Pages
- Is it true that German almost became the official language of the U.S.?
- Zion Lutheran Church and Ann Arbor’s German community Zion Lutheran Church (originally named Bethlehem Lutheran Church), whose original building was constructed in 1833 for $265.32, was the first church in Michigan to conduct services entirely in German.
- MLA Language Map [Link currently broken: site being updated – but this link to the MLA Language Map Data Center does currently work (1/2019)] This map displays the locations and numbers of speakers of the thirty languages most commonly spoken in the United States. Choose German and see what happens!