EDUCATION
German Summer Schools
Summer is here, and most parents find it challenging to keep their kids busy during the long summer break. Why not send them to one of the following German Summer Schools? Here are seven German […]
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EDUCATION
People Who Inspire
Elke Miller-Schweigert, California How a happily married businesswoman and mother of two still found time to initiate the first full-time German-English immersion school and the first German kindergarten in Los Angeles. Whenever I see Elke […]
CULTURE
All Saints and Faithful Departed
After the Halloween craziness has died down, let’s take some time to reflect on its origins. The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even […]
FEATURED
Trader Joe’s – A German-American Success Story
Trader Joe’s is one of the grocery chains that help Germans keep in touch with their basic culinary roots. TJ’s is the store of choice when it comes to get Westphalian smoked ham if you […]
NEWS
GW Magazine Autumn 2010
Dear German World Online Reader, We hope you enjoy our e-news and website as well as connecting on facebook and twitter. In our fast paced digital world, nothing beats sitting down with a good book […]
NEWS
Subscription Special
We currently offer a special education subscription for only $ 4.95 a year (instead of $19.95) to teachers, students, and for participants of the initiative “Stand Up for Learning German.” That’s correct; 4 issues sent […]
CULTURE
German painter Sigmar Polke dies
German Sigmar Polke, an artist of infinite, often ravishing pictorial jest, whose sarcastic and vibrant layering of found images and maverick, chaos-provoking painting processes left an indelible mark on the last four decades of contemporary […]
CULTURE
Avatar’s Na’vi use German Grammar
Who knew that German could actually be cool enough to lend it’s Grammar to the natives in the most successful movie of all times, Avatar’s Na’vi? The natives of the fictional planet Pandora speak a […]