The Inspiring Story of Scattergood Hostel: 1939-43
A Grassroots Effort to Save European Refugees from Hitler’s Grasp | Saturday, Feb. 26, 6-8PM EST
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A Grassroots Effort to Save European Refugees from Hitler’s Grasp | Saturday, Feb. 26, 6-8PM EST
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77 years ago, on Jan. 27, 1945 at 3 pm local time, Soviet Forces liberated the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, and revealed the full horror of the Nazi regime’s atrocities to a shocked world.
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Representative Keating, one of the co-chairmen of the Congressional German-American Caucus, has submitted the following resolution reaffirming German-American friendship and cooperation to the 117th Congress on Nov. 4, 2021.
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Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, 2-3 PM EST
“A name is nothing small” once wrote none other than the great German poet and scholar Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe. And he was right.
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During the past two weeks, multiple regions of Western and Southern Germany have been severely affected by floods, which resulted in almost 200 deaths, and the complete destruction of homes and infrastructure.
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As executive director of GAHF, I am often asked to provide an overview of Germany’s history. This is an understandable question considering that some 50 million Americans today claim German descent.