Cultural Comparisons 3

Daily Life in the USA vs Germany • Part 3 History & Culture > Cultural Comparisons – Part 1 > Cultural Comparisons – Part 2 > Cultural Comparisons – Part 3 Religion • Social Mores • Cannabis In the charts below you’ll find a simplified...

Max Steiner

Austrian-born Hollywood Film Music Composer Maximilian (“Max”) Raoul Walter Steiner was born in Vienna, Austria on May 10, 1888, the only child of Gabor and Marie “Mitzi” Steiner, members of a Jewish theater dynasty. Max Steiner would later be...

Holidays and Celebrations Calendar

Holiday and Festivities Calendar for Austria, Germany, Switzerland Jump to | January | February | March | April | May | June | July August | September | October | November | December Movable Feasts (no fixed date) Holiday Calendar: Below you’ll find our calendar of...

Notable Authors

Contemporary German Authors in English Translation The success of The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch and other books by German writers, including the Inkworld trilogy for young readers by Cornelia Funke, has highlighted the talents of contemporary writers from...
Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003)

Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003)

Hitler’s Favorite Film Director “They kept asking me over and over again whether I was having a romance with Hitler. ‘Are you Hitler’s girlfriend?’ I laughed and answered the same way each time: ‘No, those are false rumors. I only made documentaries for...