German American

Frederick Steines’ Criticisms of Life in Missouri Over the past few months, I’ve had the opportunity to “get to know” Frederick Steines through the letters he wrote to his family. …

Captain Raymond Littge was born on October 18, 1923, in Altenburg, Missouri. Altenburg is a small city located in Perry County in the Southeast part of Missouri. It has strong ties with German American heritage as well as the Lutheran church. …

A collaborative post with Ilanavernovsky and Chuck Miller. In 1844, a group of Germans arrived in Shelby County, Missouri, and established what would become the most successful communal colony in the state. The group’s leader-mystic and minister, Wilhelm Keil- named the colony Bethel, or “House of God.” A decade later…

The small town of Bethel in Shelby County, Missouri was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. At the time, there were 26 buildings from the town listed as historically significant; these constituted the official Bethel Historic District. …

Fifty Word Challenge #56: Free Speech — I love Medium and TikTok You can be yourself — however inflammatory. That’s power to the people — true democracy. Sometimes I wonder if a Trumpist might try to kill me. Bring it on Bubba! It’s thrilling to think about. I am brutal when it comes to self-defense — I’m of German extraction. Thank you…

My family comes from the Old World. As far as cultural and historic areas are concerned, it’s hard to get older than China and Germany. In one corner, you have a society possessing thousands of years of unbroken cultural heritage. In the other, a section of Europe that, regardless of…

Originally published in a final reflections report on my experience as an Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung German Chancellor Fellow It was the second day of a week-long training seminar for European youth workers that I attended in the historic town of Weimar just a couple months into my BUKA year. I…

The Nueces Massacre was committed by Confederate soldiers against a group of German Texan Unionists who were attempting to flee to Mexico on August 10, 1861…

By Jade Martinez-Pogue It was the 4th of July in Berlin and as I walked through the streets in a white and red pin-striped skirt, American flag shirt, red headband, and blue scrunchie, I stuck out like a sore thumb. As I happily strutted through the town in my America…