This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.

Students explore the complex issues surrounding the German unification of 1990 by taking on the role of involved citizens and examining the benefits and costs of a unified German nation.

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 German Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

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.

Read about the agreement between the Germans and Soviets that contained a secret section that provided for the partition of Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe between the two countries. Includes photographs, a map, and archival...

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...

This website outlines the German government and politics.

Learn about dialects in the German language, including those from the past.

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

Describes events at the end of World War I after Armistice, the new German Republic, problems with battle-hardened soldiers, the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler's experiences as an undercover agent in the army weeding out Marxist...

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...

September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland beginning WWII. View primary sources curated by the Holocaust Museum to better understand the agony of this time period in Poland. Sources include videos, photographs, interviews, diary entries,...

As Hilter conquered countries, his hatred of the Jews spread. In each occupied country, the goal was complete removal of Jews by death or expulsion. Read background information and view primary sources such as photos, video lectures, and...

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.

Provides brief descriptions of German tanks used in WW2.

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.

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

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."

Part I of a biography of Friedrich III. Elsewhere on this blog, you will find Part II. These describe the life of Friedrich III in great detail.

Imagine being evacuated from home for Christmas because a bomb had been found nearby. A leftover aerial bomb from World War II was located in December 2016 and defused in Germany on Christmas day.

This site evaluates the crucial period immediately following the fall of the Berlin Wall in the autumn of 1989. It examines the wall's effects on law enforcement and the role of the East German Police.

Resource provides a discussion of the concept of "Lebensraum," or "living space" for the German people. This was one of Hitler's main justifications for his military conquests.