by HF | Mar 10, 2013
Biography • From the USA to the GDR Dean Reed (1938-1986) was an American actor and singer who was better known behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany than in his homeland. Born in Denver, Colorado in 1938, Dean Reed died in a lake on the outskirts of East Berlin in...
by HF | Mar 8, 2013
Bavaria’s Capital City: More than Oktoberfest! Munich (München in German) is the capital city of the German state of Bavaria. It lies only about 30 miles north of the Bavarian Alps and is home to about 1.5 million residents (2020). Updated for 2024 + Day Trips...
by HF | Mar 8, 2013
Karl Marx Biography and Timeline Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher, writer and journalist whose enormous impact on the world — for good or bad — continues today. The “inventor” of communism was born in the German city of Trier (then in Rhenish Prussia) to...
by HF | Mar 7, 2013
The Final Resting Place of Notable People – Part 2 Where are they buried? Welcome to Part 2 of our guide to notable people buried in Germany. In most of the entries below, we use the German word for cemetery (der Friedhof, FREED-hohf). If you want to learn more...
by HF | Mar 7, 2013
The Final Resting Place of Notable People The graves of the famous deceased from the German-speaking countries have long been one of my favorite subjects. Over the years, my wife and I have enjoyed touring the many cemeteries across Europe where these late...
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