by HF | Mar 24, 2013
Austrian, German and Swiss Frauen “Politik ist eine viel zu ernste Sache, als dass man sie allein den Männern überlassen könnte.” “Politics is far too serious a matter to be left solely to men.” – Käte Strobel (1907-1996) Frauen-Power is a somewhat dated German...
by HF | Mar 13, 2013
The Umlaut and the ß – German Idiomatic Expressions The German Umlaut (“diaeresis” in English) The two dots sometimes placed over the German vowels a, o, and u are known as an Umlaut. The umlauted vowels ä, ö and ü (and their capitalized equivalents...
by HF | Mar 12, 2013
African American History and Germany Every February since 1976, Black History Month has been observed in the United States, but Black history obviously goes beyond the borders of the USA. Germany and Austria may not be the first places that come to mind in connection...
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 9, 2013
One of Austria’s Top Winter and Summer Resorts Austria for Tourists > City Guides: Austria > Kitzbühel Kitzbühel, “Kitzbichi” in the local dialect, is a small Austrian town in the Kitzbühel Alps that is much more famous than its size would...
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