GERMAN CULTURE and HISTORY

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UNUSUAL GERMANS?

  1. My huge list of items describing interesting German ways\
  2. food habits from My German Food.com
  3. More items under my Fun Stuff link
  4. German Etiquette and Culture with a quiz from www.young-germany.de
  5. Are Germans brutally honest?. Germany Survival Guide from der Spiegel
  6. Primer for Real Germans - what are they really like?
  7. Daily habits and attitudes that might seem different or unusual to foreigners in Germany
  8. Berlin has an English problem - but I thought the whole world spoke English and I just want to be a lazy, dumb English-speaker...
  9. Weird bored Germans?
  10. Germans hate WalMart but love smoking
  11. Where can you have German sightings this summer? Germans' travel bug
  12. Applause! Knocking instead of clapping
  13. Trash disposal in Germany discussed by an American living in Germany
  14. How to annoy Germans with your un-German ways. Tales of an American in Germany.
  15. Check out news and daily events in Germany and Europe. Interesting and wierd!
  16. German Culture's Resources - formerly Germculture.about.com
  17. Dining etiquette, phrases, peculiarties in German-speaking countries by Ed Curtis
  18. *Some annoying customs and health issues in Germany - according to one person
  19. NEW: Cultural Considerations when doing business in Germany and knowing the culture of foreign countries
  20. International Gestures - scroll down to read about Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
  21. German tendency to sue annoying neighbors - extreme litigiousness. Musterformulierungen für polizeilichen, staatsanwaltschaftlichen und gerichtlichen Schriftverkehr. Hilarious!
  22. Germany Facts page - info on culture, daily life, etiquette, customs, holidays, etc.
  23. Visitors abroad - quiz on situations and responses. Would you be confused?
  24. A Day in the Life - details on daily customs and habits in Germany. Gives answers to quiz below
  25. Quiz on German culture and daily life: Click on Next Question to start quiz.
  26. German Wedding Traditions
  27. *Eating ice and drinking tap water? and the important topic of food
  28. *Es zieht! Is there a draft in the room? Is it unhealthy?
  29. Du or Sie - when to be formal and informal
  30. Check out my Photo Album for more images of daily life
  31. Interesting Tips on Daily Life from Training-for-Germany. English-German texts.
  32. BBC: differences in formalities and general psychology between Brits and Germans
  33. BBC Multimedia units on Family, Homeland, Leisure, Studies, Money.
  34. BBC Deutsch Plus: Introductions, Numbers, Time, Eating, Drinking, Directions, Shopping
  35. BBC Business: Greetings, Introductions, Directions and Eating and Drinking.
  36. BBC Cultural Notes: Formalities, phoning, Getting around, Meals, Tipping, Leisure, Holidays, Business.
  37. A quick introduction to German holidays and related customs
  38. Interesting German Customs and Traditions
  39. What things bring luck and what superstitions are there in German?
  40. *Learn more about some German notions from Sayings and Proverbs.
  41. Slop around in the North Sea's Watt? Take a Wattwanderung in Cuxhaven. Das ist ja gesund!
  42. More related items on my Stereotypes pages

GENERAL CULTURE

  • NEW: Frequently Asked Questions about German Culture from soc.culture.german. Excellent!
  • Do you know Germany? Great info on one page about many aspects of German life
  • Very interesting! A subjective comparison of Germany and the United States
  • My basic quiz on German Culture for absolute beginners
  • Visit Europe - current events and tourist info on European Countries
  • All Facts about Germany: Geography, history, education, society, media, military, economy, politics.
  • Good descriptions of Germans, daily life, doing business, travel, etc.
  • German Politics in a nutshell with links to the political parties. DDR links as well.
  • Basic information about Germany and daily life from the German National Tourism Office.
  • German Culture mega-site from About.com
  • My own world-famous German Customs, Traditions and Holidays website.
  • The excellent German Way website with numerous topics and images.
  • Excellent BBC Cultural Notes: the basics of life in Germany and the German language.
  • Interesting Tips on Daily Life from Training-for-Germany. English-German texts.
  • German Government Official site: Facts about Germany. A much-consulted, complete work.
  • Exploring Germany and the German Language - very nicely designed site.
  • Germany: A country study plus other countries by the Library of Congress.
  • See Austria and Switzerland links for further info on German-speaking cultures.
  • Also see links to Tourism and Stereotypes in the left frame.

    HISTORY

  • Today in History from Deutsche Welle
  • Hitler dealt with more often now in German comedy January 2007
  • Click through the dates: How have Germany's borders changed over history
  • What is German? Where does it fit in in the European family of languages?. Language tree

  • German.about.com's history of Germany in German and English
  • Andreas Lixl's German Culture Course
  • German history: information by era plus links from German Culture
  • Maps of the historical development of "Germany"
  • Ancient, Roman and Medieval History in Germany
  • My resources on Berlin and Nov. 9.
  • Videos/lessons of the Holocaust, Adolph Hitler, and the War in Europe 1940-49 - rsd students ask me for username and password
  • My site on German Customs and Holidays in their historical development
  • Virtual Library: History: German History from Uni Heidelberg
  • KU's Index of Resources for Historians. Immense!
  • German History WWW links: all periods, texts, journals, organizations, reference, Germanistik.
  • H-German Links. Resources, reviews, events for professional historians.
  • German History links from Yahooligans - Yahoo for Kids
  • ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies and Medieval Woodcut Clipart Collection
  • The Digital Gutenberg Bible - 1454, the first printed Bible plus info on printing, a bio, etc.
  • World History from Hyperhistory
  • Damals: Geschichte im Internet: websites of universities and organizations
  • My German-American History and Culture Website: one of the first of its kind!
  • My site on Berlin - the Wall, the Airlift, general sites
  • Western Civilization: European History & Its Impact on the World
  • Paul Schons' German, Austrian, Swiss Cultural History page.
  • Western Civilization: German and European History and News resources
  • 2000 Jahre Chronik - Deutsche Geschichte online: website and CD for $30.
  • Conduct Internet searches such as Excite and Nathan to find further web info.

    HOLOCAUST

  • Kristallnacht - November 9, 1936. The beginning of the end for German and Polish Jews.
  • Further Holocaust Resources are available on the Kristallnacht Page

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