Billy Wilder Films

by | Jul 18, 2013

Billy Wilder Filmography “When I came here, Sunset Boulevard was in the country. It was not even asphalted when I came here in 1934.” – Billy Wilder, quoted in Conversations with Wilder Billy Wilder began his long film career in Germany. After six years as a...

Potsdam and Sanssouci

by | Jul 14, 2013

Potsdam, Sanssouci Park, Babelsberg Potsdam is a city with a historic past just southwest of Berlin. With a population of about 185,750 (2022) Potsdam is the capital of the state of Brandenburg (which surrounds the city-state of Berlin). The city was home to Prussian...

Top German and World Banks

by | Jul 4, 2013

The Top Banks in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland With all the financial turmoil in recent years, it has become increasingly difficult to keep up with the rankings of the world’s banks. Big European and German banks have not been immune to the world credit crisis...

German Unity Day

by | Jul 2, 2013

Tag der Deutschen Einheit – October 3 German Unity Day, on October 3rd, is the German national holiday, a sort of German Fourth of July. Both the observance date and the holiday are recent. The third day of October has only been a national holiday since 1990....