Harlem Meets Oranienburg on Student Exchange

Since May 29, a group of high schoolers from Harlem, New York City’s Frederick Douglass Academy have been staying with students from Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge Gymnasium and their families in Oranienburg, near Berlin.
Accompanied by their teacher, Ms. Alyssa Rosenbaum, the Americans are not only attending school with their German counterparts but will be participating in a [...]

German World author wins National Entertainment Journalism Award

With great joy we announce that German World author Barbara Gasser won the 2010 National Entertainment Journalism Award in the category „Radio: News Story“. She was also nominated in the print category for best “Feature under 1000 words”.
Barbara Gasser is the first Germanspeaking journalist to receive this honor.
The jury statement reads as follows:
Winner: Barbara [...]

Mit Blaulicht zur Grenze

Exklusivinterview mit Rüdiger Lentz, ehemaliger Studioleiter Deutsche Welle in Washington D.C.
Seit 1976 arbeitet Rüdiger Lentz als Journalist und gehört seit über 25 Jahren zu den prominentesten and angesehensten deutschen Fernsehreportern. Lentz war unter anderem als Chefredakteur bei RIAS-TV in Berlin und als Studioleiter von Deutsche Welle Radio in Brüssel tätig. Außerdem arbeitete er als [...]

A Life on the Fast Track

Exclusive Interview with Rüdiger Lentz, former Bureau Chief of Deutsche Welle in DC
Rüdiger Lentz has worked as a journalist since 1976 and, for more than 25 years, has been one of the most prominent and renowned German television journalists. He was able to observe all US presidents up close and interviewed numerous politicians and prominent [...]

“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 [...]

Miep Gies Austrian who hid Anne Frank and saved her diary

“I am not a hero, but did what seemed necessary at the time”
“Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero? I was not. I was just an ordinary [...]

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