From the U.S. State Department, a comprehensive reference tool about the history of Germans in America starting in 1683 up until the present. Provides background, exhibits, digital images, statistics, teacher resources, internet links,...

Brief biographies of hundreds of famous people throughout history who are or were native German-speakers. Many of the biographies also contain a great deal of more general historical information.

Gives information on the main Germanic tribes of the third and fourth centuries: the Franks, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Burgundians, Vandals and Lombards.

A dictionary of Low German, a language used by the Mennonites.

Excellent outline on German local laws and administration. The entire outline is hyperlinked to a complete text overview of each concept. Very complete.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Germans. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note: Content...

An introduction to the German language. Find a collection of phrases and vocabulary to get a jump start speaking the lingo. Learning games accompany each section.

This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the German Shepherd.

German settlers first came to what is now North Carolina as part of the second expedition sent to the Roanoke area by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s. The largest influx of German people to North Carolina, however, occurred in the...

Overview article on the German electoral system. This article provides a great deal of information about the subject. Check it out!

Chronicles the events that took place to help form the Austro-German alliance.

Detailed information (much more than you will need) about German-speaking immigrants to America. The site highlights Pennsylvania as a hub for immigrants. Includes information about religious backgrounds and reasons for leaving their...

The German Academic Exchange Service is a well known, long-established organization offering programs for post-secondary study in Germany. It is both independent of, and yet primarily funded by, the German federal government.

This collection of visual and printed propaganda material from 1933 to 1989 centers around the rise of the Nazi Party, World War II from the Nazi perspective, and East German Communism.

From the Amish Country News. Many Christmas traditions you're probably unfamiliar with.

This site presents speeches by Communist leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker. It also details his words to the congresses of the Free German Youth between 1985 and 1989.

Resource includes the text to Adolf Hitler's speech to the German people declaring war against Russia in 1941.

Essay desribing Hitler's building up of the German army and how he violated the Treaty of Versailles from 1933 to 1938.

This site, which is provided for by the German Aerospace Center, contains detailed information on missions to Mir from March '92 to March '97 displayed in the links below.

The goal of this site is to provide a "concise and comprehensive [online] reference grammar."

An overview of the traditions and unique celebrations associated with weddings in Germany.

This brief biography includes a discussion of the life of the man who founded the company Adidas, as well as a discussion of how his shoes were worn by Olympic winner Jesse Owens.

This site from the Fordham University provides an address by Vyacheslav Molotov, Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, containing the Soviet reaction to Germany's invasion.

Biographical examination of Friedrich Ratzel. The authors present extremely detailed information on Ratzel's life and his works.