The Two German Academy Award Winners for Best Actor

The Very First Academy Awards Ceremony Only two Germans have ever won an Academy Award for Best Actor or Actress in a Leading Role. One of them did so at the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929. Since then many other German-speakers have also won or been...

German Easter and Springtime Traditions

German Easter Customs (Osterbräuche): Introduction Easter, Ostern in German, is a very special time in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and in all of the German-speaking countries of Europe. Catholic and Protestant Christians celebrate the arisen Christ with many...

Weimar, Thuringia

Weimar: A Lot of German Culture and History in One Place The name alone simply oozes German history! The Weimar Republic, Goethe and Schiller, the Bauhaus school of architecture, and much more. This page serves as a brief introduction to all that Weimar represents in...