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Congratulations, Austria and Germany!

German World is thrilled about the recent success at the Golden Globe Awards of Austrian director Michael Haneke and Austrian actor Christoph Waltz as well as for Germany winning the Golden Globe of “Best foreign language film” for “Das weisse Band”. German-American actress Sandra Bullock seems to have the most successful time ever during her career. Read more on www.german-world.com

Read Arnold Schwarzenegger's Exclusive comment about the Golden Globes and more.

IN THE NEWS:
Miep Gies, the Austrian who hid Anne Frank and saved her diary dead at 100

“I am not a hero, but did what seemed necessary at the time”
Born in Vienna, Austria February 15th, 1909 as Hermine Santrouschitz, Miep Gies was Anna Frank’s father’s secretary and one of the four helpers who hid the family during World War II. read more

Austrian, German and Swiss helpers on the Ground in Haiti

The German Consulate in Miami is asking everbody’s help for the TAC Florida. The organization is asking for donations in order to be able to purchase urgently needed technical material like water purification equipment and emergency lighting for Haiti. The TAC cooperates with aid workers from Germany’s THW (Technisches Hilfswerk) who already are on location in Haiti. For more information please contact Robert Kamski at (786) 223 8788 or visit www.TACFL.ORG

For more information about the involvement of Austrian, German and Swiss aid workers visit www.german-world.com

“LA is like a Big Bang Soup” - Interview with former Goethe Institut Director Bernd Desinger

The dynamic director headed the German cultural center for more than four years and with such passionate dedication that one expected Bernd Desinger to extend his five-year contract rather than shorten it. read more

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