Queen Luise of Prussia

The “Lady Diana” of the 19th century died 200 years ago.
by Pia Reutter
She is regarded as the “mother of the nation” and was celebrated as “the most beautiful of the beautiful”: Prussia’s Queen Luise was a legendary figure in her lifetime, quasi the “Lady Diana” of the 19th century.

Intelligent she was not, instead she was [...]

Herta Müller Receives the Nobel Prize of Literature

by Nina Wachenfeld
When the native Romanian received the award in Oslo in October 2009, becoming the twelfth female Nobel laureate in Literature, tribute was paid not only to a superb author, but also to a passionate human rights activist who, in her works, describes the terrors of the Ceauscescu regime. Best known since the early [...]

Zurich – A Little Bit Closer to Heaven

Most of you have probably arrived at Zurich airport, much applauded for its short ways, excellent public transport connection and a fantastic shopping and restaurant scene. But when did you last stop to visit the city of Zurich?
Only recently, did I have the opportunity and I am simply thrilled by the many opportunities that this [...]

Counter Space: Frankfurter Küche in New York

From September 15, 2010, through March 14, 2011, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City (http://moma.org) presents “Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen.” Drawing extensively from MoMA’s collections of design objects, photography, film, prints, drawings and paintings, Counter Space “examines the kitchen and its continual redesign as a barometer of changing ideologies [...]

The teams from Germany, USA and Switzerland move to the next round.

2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa: The teams from Germany, USA and Switzerland move to the next round. Join the fun at one of the soccer viewing parties in the US. Click here for a listing.
More soccer world cup info here on our World Cup page.
The German team will start out in a tricky [...]

Chancellor Merkel’s visit to Los Angeles

It has been more than 18 years since a Chancellor of Germany added the film metropolis to the itinerary of any official visit. On Tuesday, April 13, 2010,  however, Chancellor Angela Merkel stopped for a visit in Los Angeles after attending the Nuclear Energy Summit in Washington DC.
Merkel was greeted by Governor Schwarzenegger and his [...]

Opera: The German Language is one of Beauty and Inspiration

Music Student James Kryshak Holds German Accountable for his Success in the World of Opera
James Kryshak started learning German at Elmhurst College (outside of Chicago) with Professors Lester Caltvedt and Wallace Lagerwey, eventually graduating with two majors, Voice Performance and German in 2006.
German professor and Director of International Education and Programs Abroad, Wallace Lagerwey, describes [...]

An Environmentally-Friendly German-German Deal

Tip Top Meats Goes Solar

By Christian Thiele for German World
Fans of German food can now bite their sausages in Carlsbad’s “Tip Top Meats” restaurant with an even cleaner conscience thanks to an environmentally-friendly German-German business transaction. From now on sausages at Tip Top Meats will be fried with green energy. Owner John Haedrich commissioned a [...]

“LA is like a Big Bang Soup”

Interview with former Goethe Institut Director Bernd Desinger
At the end of June 2009 a prominent member of the German community bid farewell to Los Angeles: Goethe Institut director Bernd Desinger.
The dynamic director in his mid-40s headed the German cultural center for more than four years and with such passionate dedication that one expected Bernd [...]

Celebrate Carnival at its best

Get ready for the “Fifth Season”: Celebrate Karneval at its best at the 25th GAMGA Gala in Las Vegas.

On January 15, 2010, and Saturday 16, 2010, more than 2,000 German Karneval fans from all over North America will flock to the Plaza Hotel in Downtown Las Vegas to celebrate Karneval (Fasching / Mardi [...]

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