Health Care in Germany

by | Apr 9, 2013

Insurance and Medical Matters in German-Speaking Europe All of the German-speaking countries enjoy a high level of health care. Infant mortality rates are much lower (US: 5.87 per 1000, DE: 3.43, A: 3.45) and life expectancy is higher than in the United States....

Marlene Dietrich

by | Apr 6, 2013

Maria Magdalene Dietrich (1901-1992) Film goddess and tarnished angel “The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.” — Marlene Dietrich in 1960 after a sometimes stormy reception in her native Germany. (Quoted in Blue Angel by Donald Spoto.) Starting with her...

Germans in Hollywood

by | Apr 4, 2013

The Three Waves of Hollywood Immigration Wave One (The Pioneers): 1910-1931 From the earliest days of American motion picture production a more-or-less constant stream of Austrian, German, and German Swiss emigrés has crossed the Atlantic to influence the...

Bruce Darnell

by | Apr 4, 2013

An Afro American TV personality in Germany Born in Colorado on July 19, 1957 as the fifth of ten children, fashion model and German TV personality Bruce Darnell grew up as the only illegitimate child among nine other siblings. After briefly studying sociology, he...