by HF | Jul 1, 2013
Daily Life in the USA vs. Germany • House and Home • Miscellaneous In the charts below you’ll find a simplified comparison of various customs and everyday culture in the United States and Germany (Deutschland). For more details, click on any linked topic. See the...
by HF | Jun 24, 2013
The Beauty and the Brain “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” “Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” – Hedy Lamarr Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (1914-2000) was born in Vienna in the year that the First World War...
by HF | Jun 23, 2013
The Famous German You’ve Never Heard Of “Even as a first-grader he may not have been the most studious one, but always the funniest one.” — Thomas Gottschalk’s mother, Rutila (1922-2004) Unless you live in German-speaking Europe, Thomas “Thommy” Gottschalk is...
by HF | Jun 15, 2013
Veidt’s Exile in Death A Conrad Veidt TIMELINE from the date of his death When Conrad and Lilli Veidt sailed to America from England in April 1940, they never could have foreseen or imagined how and why they would return to London in April 1998 — 58 years later,...
by HF | Jun 14, 2013
A Distinguished Cinema Career Cut Short “What do you want? They’ll just say, ‘He’s only a movie actor!” — Conrad Veidt, to author and biographer Paul Ickes in the 1920s Hans Walter Conrad Veidt was born in his parents’ residence at Tieckstraße 39 in...
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