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@californiahiker9616
Жыл бұрын
I liked the part about Lincoln best. That was utterly new to me!
@aveemarie268
Жыл бұрын
When I was in the 8th grade, about 13, I told the teacher I wanted to be German when I grew up🍻 Then I found out my great grandmother and grandfather were polish immigrants. 🤣🍻💕 love you channel, I don't think my mom was too happy with me when I told her but I didn't care
@stevenichols4639
Жыл бұрын
I knew a lot of them. Nice to have you in my neck of the woods. Now you’re back in my brothers territory in Cincinnati
@robertott1918
Жыл бұрын
I found the part about the ethnic churches interesting. My mom, who grew in Wilkes-Barre, PA, talked about going exclusively to the German church, she didn't go to the Polish church or the Italian church.
@mr.x8259
Жыл бұрын
Interesting. I bought the book.
@thecrimsondragon9744
Жыл бұрын
The Germans have always been very industrious, entrepreneurial, intellectual and innovative. Their contribution to human civilisation and progress has been hugely underestimated. I recommend reading the book, 'The German Genius'.
@dogman-fx9ub
Жыл бұрын
Although they need to digitalize their society more. Digitalisierung is a big issue in Germany. I love Germany but they need to do more on that front.
@danielzhang1916
Жыл бұрын
and the same with the Chinese, the first immigrants from Guangzhou arrived in San Francisco in 1785 as crewmen - starting the history of immigration to the United States, not to take away from the Germans in any way
@josueveguilla9069
Жыл бұрын
@@dogman-fx9ub Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.
@lostcat9lives322
Жыл бұрын
Read Mien Kamph.
@dogman-fx9ub
Жыл бұрын
@@josueveguilla9069 Are you seriously implying they'll go Nazi again? Germany has long changed.
@sunshineofray788
Жыл бұрын
As a German American from DC, I really appreciate this video! Sending it to my whole German American Washingtonian family! Thanks for great content!
@gahmuseum
Жыл бұрын
Hi Ray, the German-American Heritage Foundation here. It's great to hear from a German American right here in Washington, DC. Please do stop by if you have the chance. We're located at 719 6th Street NW.
@hanneweber4246
Жыл бұрын
When my family first came to USA from Germany, all I spoke was German. It was quite the struggle for me to learn to speak English in 1957.
@daren7889
Жыл бұрын
English would be a hard language to learn! I took 2 years of German in high school! German- Swiss American here! 🤗🌲🌄🌲🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
@jackkrauss
Жыл бұрын
I heard it's easier for Germans to learn English than vice versa.
@FynnDynamite
Жыл бұрын
Toll, und wie geht's?
@nigelgunn322
Жыл бұрын
It's obvious that you enjoyed that visit. You're an amazing ambassador to your country.
@deutschmitpurple2918
Жыл бұрын
True 👍👍
@whatabouttheearth
Жыл бұрын
My 6x Great grandfather immigrated from Germany to the US, 9 months later in July he volunteered to fight in the American Revolution, 4 months later he died of sickness from cold after George Washingtons New York campaign. Guy was only here for about a year before he died in Coryells Ferry (New Hope) along the Delaware 1 month before the Army crossed the Delaware there while Washington crossed more east. His son's lived on, one an officer and one enlisted in the Continental Army.
@chrismoser5658
Жыл бұрын
Liebe Feli from Germany, riesengroßen Respekt für diesen Clip. Das ist mit Abstand das wertigste und wichtigste was du bisher produziert und gepostet hast. Gratulation dafür und danke für diese Perspektive. Supergut! LG
@rainerstahlberg2486
Жыл бұрын
Phantastic! I am German and live all over the US for 30 years. Lots of new info for me here. Thanks!
@knunne1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the wonderful adventure in Washington DC. I am a 63 year old man born in America to German Immigrants, I have always been proud of my German heritage but I must say that my pride has grown after watching you video. Thank you!
@jamesr1703
Жыл бұрын
Feli, as a German-American from Milwaukee, I am thoroughly enjoying your videos. When I was going to Gymnasium in Braunschweig, our history teacher said that Coca-Cola created Santa Claus as we see him today. Boy, was he wrong! Vielen herzlichen Dank für alle tolle Videos!
@Nikuthebigboss
Жыл бұрын
I'm shocked because I live in Braunschweig and never read the name here on YT xD
@OuterGalaxyLounge
Жыл бұрын
I would like to see Feli visit Milwaukee and talk about its strong Germanic roots. I lived there for a few years during college in the 1980s and was always super impressed by the city hall building, that looked like something out of Hamburg. It's one of the most beautiful and impressive buildings I've ever seen, especially at night all lit up and soaring into the sky.
@andrewjones4774
Жыл бұрын
Milwaukee looks like a German city and lots of German-Americans live there including me
@coldvoid7579
3 ай бұрын
@@andrewjones4774 Probably the most German place in the states if you ask me.
@dirtcop11
Жыл бұрын
I have German heritage on both sides of my family. It was Waltrip (Waldtripp) on my Dad's side and Utterback (Otterbruch) on my Mother's side. There are a lot of German people in this part of the midwest. I believe both families were from Bavaria.
@MrGlenspace
Жыл бұрын
Feli thank you for the German history of the Washington DC area. I love how you show such pride, love and interest of your German heritage. Keep up the great work on your videos.
@GaryNichols50
Жыл бұрын
I knew about some of this, but also learned a lot of new things I did not know. Thank you, Feli. And thanks to your German heritage for all that you have contributed to our great country. I wish a very Merry Christmas to you and Ben.
@FelifromGermany
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much and Merry Christmas to you too! :)
@paullitzbarski2632
Жыл бұрын
Oh my god, your report is so professional, it could run on Germanys national TV :-) Excellent work Feli! I love your work! Keep on doing what you're doing! Also exceptionally good researched!
@tfleischhauer6114
Жыл бұрын
I am American of German descent, born and raised in Virginia, in the shadow of Washington, DC. My father's grandfather and grandmother were born and raised in Bussfeld, a tiny town near Giesen in the state of Hesse. He (and she) came to America as a married couple in their early 20s to escape being drafted into the German army under Kaisar Wilhelm in the early 1870s, I was told. He brought his trade with him to America, which was butchering and then selling various cuts of meat (he was a Fleischhauer, after all.) I really enjoy your videos, and they are always very well done and interesting to me. Thank you for your hard work and good efforts in this media! --Thomas Fleischhauer
@saba1030
Жыл бұрын
@T Fleischhauer Understandable, that he left. 1870-1871 was the French-Prussian/German war. The French invaded Prussia/Germany because the two Monarchs couldn't agree on who/which prince will be on the Spanish throne. Greetings from Germany and a happy New Year 😉
@hannahpricekarlsson
Жыл бұрын
I actually learned a lot I hadn’t known. Also helped me to understand why my grandma, who’s parents had both emigrated from Germany with their families, and who’s first language was German, always claimed not to know it, and didn’t really talk about being German. She was born right after World War I and was married to a WWII veteran who loved to tease her by saying ich liebe dich, knowing she would be annoyed.
@lesterglorioso5237
Жыл бұрын
Great story and well done! I grew up in Baltimore Maryland but live now in Washington State. I am of Germany heritage on my mother side, our family immigrated to Baltimore in 1860. I didn't know many of the facts you discussed, a real learning experience. Thank you!
@cocoaorange1
Жыл бұрын
Does Baltimore have large Germany American communities?
@dicknodnfs
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for highlighting Von Steuben, an amazing man in American history. This isn't a history channel but thank you for covering anti-German nonsense. It is proof that some people will always find a reason for hatred. Easily one of your best presentations. Thanks.
@earlewhitcher970
Жыл бұрын
I was unaware that German Americans were interred during WWII. Much has been made of the Japanese American detainment camps, but this is the first I have heard of the German equivalent. Thank you for enlightening me on this sad piece of our history.
@williamjones4716
Жыл бұрын
@@earlewhitcher970 Italians were interned as well, basically immigrants from most of the fascist-led Axis countries were considered suspect.
@cocoaorange1
Жыл бұрын
In Chicago, we have a HS named in his honor, I think it was built in the 1920's or earlier. It is located in the Albany Park area..
@cocoaorange1
Жыл бұрын
In Chicago, we have a HS named in his honor, I think it was built in the 1920's or earlier. It is located in the Albany Park area..
@cocoaorange1
Жыл бұрын
In Chicago, we have a HS named in his honor, I think it was built in the 1920's or earlier. It is located in the Albany Park area..
@alfs3
Жыл бұрын
Hallo Feli, as a half German/half American here and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you posting this video and doing the in-depth research and interviews that really bring this vid to life! So many Americans have no idea how German America actually is and that English is Anglisch [from the Anglo in Anglo-Saxons] and just how much Germans have contributed to both the U.S. and the world including the "English" they speak today - Vielen Danke!
@billfeeser2372
Жыл бұрын
This was a special treat for us! My wife and I grew up just 10 miles from the Capital Dome. I in MD, and she in VA. Both of us are of strong German descent. My ancestor came to U.S. from Germany and was one of General Washington's close Lieutenants during the Revolutionary War. We toured Washington, D.C. thoroughly during our growing up years there but never heard about all the German connections and influence in this great city. Thank you for this amazing video. We are truly grateful to you for this video and will be sharing with our family. Hope to see more like this and the one on Chicago. Bill and Jackie Feeser ~ come and see us in far northern CA near Mt. Shasta!
@billfeeser2372
Жыл бұрын
@𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 @𝐹𝑒𝑙𝑖_𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚_𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 hope you read my comment. BTW love so much your Advent calendar readings. Watched everyone. A great tradition from my childhood. Should send them to my friends in Wittenberg. We did a Rhine cruise 2 years ago and toured Luther's Cities and Berlin and Munich 10 years ago. Love your native country. Our family are from the Baden-Wurttemberg area. Will be watching for more wonderful videos. They just keep getting better. Bill in far N. California.
@gahmuseum
Жыл бұрын
Hi Bill, we hope you can make it to the GAHM some time. Greetings from DC to norther CA!
@h.s.3273
Жыл бұрын
Also interesting! Many American breweries like Miller, Budweiser or Yuengling have German founders. The German television station SWR dedicated a documentary to this called "Beer Pioneers".
@williamjones4716
Жыл бұрын
Washington had a German brewery as well, the Christian Heurich brewery, which also owned a number of bars in town.
@pendragon2012
Жыл бұрын
As always, well worth the wait! The effort you put in and the professionalism is just astounding! Keep up the excellent work, Feli and Ben! Have a Merry Christmas and a good slide! 🙂
@FelifromGermany
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for joining us for the premiere and for the great feedback! :) Merry Christmas to you too and yes haha a good slide indeed 😄
@donaliaclay3484
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Feli! I am a third generation Washingtonian and while I have learned through relatives a lot of historical information, you have further enlightened me! Places and buildings have always fascinated me. Thank you for gleaning new details and data. I can't wait to further investigate them.
@whatabouttheearth
Жыл бұрын
I'd suggest 'The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital: The Masons and the Building of Washington, D.C.' by David Ovason Other than just Masonic stuff it has alot of interesting information. 😂 At first the Masons denied some of his claims than they hired him as their historian.
@charlesbutzow8438
Жыл бұрын
Feli, great presentation! Always fascinating. After arriving in the US in 1865 my grandfather did not Anglicize his name. He just let people pronounce it anyway they wanted to. It worked. Most of the results didn't sound anything like German. Two generations later we are still trying to sort this out.
@koba2140
Жыл бұрын
Correct pronounciation would be: "Boo-tsoh", but with an short "oo" sound. (German U). Merry Christmas from Hamburg, Germany!
@lenn939
Жыл бұрын
What is your name? Butzow? That sounds very Slavic tbh but there is a municipality called Butzow way in the East of Germany close to our border to Poland. Might your grandfather have been from Upper Silesia or another very Eastern territory of Germany which perhaps isn’t even part of modern Germany anymore? A lot of the people who lived there were really Germanized Slavs. They were definitely well-integrated into German (or at the time really Prussian) society so I would definitely still consider them fully German but they had become German more recently and their Slavic roots still show to this day in their last names for example. Some of them from very Eastern territories that now belong to Russia and were forced to emigrate back to the now smaller German mainland after the war are still considered “Russlanddeutsche” and culturally distinct to this day. I’m not trying to tell you that your grandpa wasn’t German because Germanized Slavs definitely were German too and a lot of modern Germans have some Slavic ancestry (I’m as German as it gets but I think I might very well have some Slavic ancestry due to the fact that my grandma has roots in those slightly Eastern former territories with lots of Germanized Slavs). But I am wondering, that given your last name (if it is “Butzow”) which to be honest doesn’t sound very Germanic at all, your grandfather has similar roots.
@charlesbutzow8438
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm going to work on pronouncing my name correctly. Even so, I suspect most people around here will still pronounce the first syllable like the English language word "but". I hope you had a wonderful Christmas in Hamburg. I find it hard to believe that it has been almost 30 years since I was there.
@charlesbutzow8438
Жыл бұрын
@@lenn939 Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to tell me about my possible heritage. I know the town of Butzow is a few miles south of Rostock. There has been some debate in our family as to whether the town was named for a distant ancestor or a distant ancestor took our name from the town. It's my understanding that this part of the world has had large numbers of various peoples invade or immigrate over the centuries. I suspect my genetics come from all over the place. Thanks again for taking the time to fill me in.
@howardwunderlich6323
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful tour and historical rendition of our German heritage in Washington DC. As always Feli, you put a lot of time and effort into your podcasts. Keep up the great work and the best to you and yours.
@bjrnbendixen5694
Жыл бұрын
Deiner beste produktion bis jetzt. Ich liebe Historie. Das war echt informativ. Sehr sehr gut und Danke sehr Felicia.
@norbertdamke
Жыл бұрын
Unglaublich gut gemacht, vielen Dank für diese interessanten Einblicke in die amerikanische Geschichte.
@toms8937
Жыл бұрын
Love the documentary style. Excellent work! Thanks for putting this together.
@trime1851
Жыл бұрын
Great and very informative video. I was born in Washington, DC in 1950, and except for four years in college and two in the US Army have lived in Northern Virginia just across the Potomac River. I have been to the German-American Heritage Foundation, but did not know of the "bigger picture" of past history. On my father's side I am of German Heritage. He and my mother came from Louisville, Kentucky.
@jrutt2675
Жыл бұрын
This was an Amazing video! Well done and great Job Feli! I learned alot in this video. My Hometown of Bethlehem Pennsylvania and our entire region of Pennsylvania was founded by Moravian Germans in the early 18th century. Before we were even a nation, Germans were impacting the future of the U.S. Some of these settlements go as far back as the 17th century. It goes without saying the long and deep roots of Germans in the U.S., and the astronomical impact they had on this nation.
@rebeccasmith5156
Жыл бұрын
My German-American relatives are also from Bethlehem. I don’t believe my relatives were Moravian but, they were from Bavarian part of Germany.
@jrutt2675
Жыл бұрын
@@rebeccasmith5156 awesome! Nice to hear that! Eastern Pennsylvania has a rich American history, and it also has a rich German American history!
@jrutt2675
Жыл бұрын
@𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶_𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺_𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 I will check that book out. It looks like a great read! I am sure that book only touches the tip of thr iceberg! I know most of the steel mills in Pennsylvania and Ohio were built by German immigrants with German technology. Most of the chemical processes were advanced for their time, and brought to the U.S. by Germans. I only learned alot of this in the past 2 years of the wide range of German History in yhe U.S. I knew basics, but not to this knowledge. this is what lead me to your videos! If not for the Christian identity of German Americans, they would of lost all contact with the German historical past. Now we, including myself are learning all types of new things from the Ethnic side, as opposed to just the Church side!
@alex.profi27
6 ай бұрын
I mean,you literally were not a country before 1776.
@rhiker6589
Жыл бұрын
My surname German ancestor was married in Washington D.C. to another German before moving to Philadelphia. In the 1850 census he was listed as a Mathematical Instrument Maker which his son and grandson also did. I always wondered why he was married in D.C. in 1834. I now have more questions to be answered but thank you so much for your video.
@erniek4567
Жыл бұрын
born and raised in dc, and of german heritage, i learned a lot from this. thank you!
@lawrenceedger292
Жыл бұрын
Feli: well done! Very polished and professional. You’re such a talent. Thank you for connecting me with my German roots (even though those roots are small). Again thank you!
@onceagainvideos
Жыл бұрын
Feli, thank you for investigating and sharing. I so enjoy learning about my German heritage in America. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas.
@tommay6590
Жыл бұрын
Sehr schönes Video, brachte viele Erinnerungen an meine Zeit in DC in den 1990s. Ich hoffe Du ( und Ben) wurde anständig vergütet von der Botschaft. Solche Infos zusammenzustellen und zu präsentieren ist eigentlich deren Aufgabe…Frohes Fest
@gothenmosph5151
Жыл бұрын
The idea of Washington having 20-30k people at it's height at one point is amazing to me. I live in a relatively small city of 25k people in the middle of the US. It's just so little.
@Opa_Andre
Жыл бұрын
Wow Feli, this was really impressive. Some things I knew and some others I wasn't aware of. Time just flew by while watching it. Shoutout also to Ben for his work behind the camera. I'm pretty sure that this will also become a welcomed source for American students interested in US history. It's unimaginable how much time and effort you put in this collaboration with the officials and your own research. Merry Christmas and happy holidays from LK Dachau or from Markt Indersdorf to be exact.
@YT_changed_my_handle
Жыл бұрын
What's really crazy is how "little" actual history is taught in public schools these days in general. It's sad.
@nicholasreiter9616
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating educational history tour, Feli! I hope you can cover the German roots of Philadelphia. Years ago, research led me to learn that my Mexican mother had an 48'er Saxon ancestor, Ernst Karl Schaefer, who founded 2 German book publishing firms, first in Leipzig ,1844, and later in Philadelphia, 1848. The Horner library at the German Society of Pennsylvania in Philly preserves many German publishers' books and is a must see place. The younger brother, Moritz Schäfer, continued operations at the former publishing house which evolved into a water milling technical "verlag" which still bears his name to this day, almost 180 years ago. WWII destroyed the Leipzig book house, after which it moved west to Detmold, Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia.
@SpartanBlackKnight49er
Жыл бұрын
Feli, I have been watching your videos for the past few years and this one demonstrates why you should be a major network presenter/producer. The production quality as well as your ability as an interviewer/presenter is excellent. I hope that news web sites/TV stations such as DW, BBC and CNN see what you have done here. Danke, Don
@geisaune793
Жыл бұрын
This was a really cool video! My grandfather was born in the US in North Dakota but ethnically he was 100% german. The community he grew up in still had a lot of german speakers and he actually grew up speaking both German and English. His family came from South Russia and was part of the Black Sea Germans (Schwarzmeerdeutsche) that immigrated there in the early 1800s. I took four years of German in high school so all I know is Hochdeutsch, but man, I really wish he had lived long enough for me to know what his dialect sounded like and how different it was from Standard German.
@elderhiker7787
Жыл бұрын
How fascinating to. As a German-American who has lived in and worked in DC, I didn’t know any of this. Although I have retired to Pennsylvania, my son and his family live nearby in Virginia. You can be assured that we all are going to visit these sites in the Spring. Thanks so much for making this video. You have provided a great service to those German-Americans whose families have totally assimilated and have lost touch with our G-A heritage.
@alfredestrada2729
Жыл бұрын
And she reflects how good education is in Germany too🥰
@hagenmassar4555
Жыл бұрын
Absolute Extraklasse. Ein hervorragend gemachtes Video. Hut ab.
@wardkrause9022
Жыл бұрын
As always: professional, enlightening, and well-prepared! So glad I watched and thanks to Feli and Ben I learned so much.
@michaelbright7577
Жыл бұрын
Great work, Feli. The clips with the director of the German-American Heritage were very interesting.
@StormyDay
Жыл бұрын
You have to do PA and NYC too. There is a huge German history here in NYC but also PA, obviously, so much to talk about there. Also, a history of Germany in the 18th and 19th century about how the colleges and technology that were the upper echelon of Europe (and the US) was not England but Germany. The story about the patented industrial garment dyes is fascinating! Oh and the Hessian soldiers brought here by the British to fight for them in the American Revolution.
@justforfunsies5000
Жыл бұрын
You mean the Hessians who were captured by the Colonial Army, were held prisoner, and defected so they didn’t get sent back to Germany where they would’ve been hung? One of my ancestors was one of those Hessian soldiers. I’d prefer that Feli not try to cover PA German history b/c even the PA German Cultural Center can’t get it right, so she won’t either. Leave us out of it. Sincerely, a 9th generation PA German; my 7th great grandfather was a settler from Bavaria, and would be considered German-Pennsylvanian not PA German.
@alex.profi27
6 ай бұрын
I love Germany,but England build the world.
@StormyDay
6 ай бұрын
@@alex.profi27 yes, and with the toil and on the backs of many, many peoples they felt they had the right to enslave.
@StormyDay
6 ай бұрын
@@alex.profi27 and it’s “built” not “build.”
@CesarCadevilla
Жыл бұрын
A few years ago, I visited Luray Caverns in Central Virginia. I was amazed that in the local museum, most books from the XIX Century are written in German. I also learned that in the Civil War, some units on both sides received their commands in German, too.
@jonteske4267
Жыл бұрын
Although many of my ancestor from Germany came to the US to avoid conscription they did fight on the Union side in the US Civil. There were many all-German units. The brother of my gggrandfather was in an all-German unit from my county in Wisconsin. We also had Norwegian units.from that area. A great great uncle of my late wife graduated from the Lutheran seminary at Gettysburg two weeks before the famous battle there. He was later the pastor of the largest Lutheran and German-speaking church in NYC.
@jilllusey7001
Жыл бұрын
Well done. You work so hard to produce top quality videos. It shows.
@ole7236
Жыл бұрын
Great video as always, Feli! So many interesting facts which were completely new to me. Happy holidays to you, Ben and your families! Greetings from Germany
@jimgeiser487
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Ohio has some German history also. I attended the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus. It is a seminary that was established to educate German speaking students to become priests. It originated as an orphanage in Pomeroy, Ohio, moved to downtown Columbus and then in 1930 built the current campus north of Worthington. I am sure they would share their history with you. I attend 4 years of high school and a year of college and had yo take courses in German Spanis, and Ancient Greek. I married a girl who emigrated on her own to USA.
@peytone5387
Жыл бұрын
German Village in Columbus is a delight to visit
@kdkpt
Жыл бұрын
We anglicized our family surname when we immigrated from Siegen, Germany, to northwestern Ohio. We’re the George family now, but our surname was originally Georg.
@cvry2813
5 ай бұрын
Why
@GermaicanExperience
Жыл бұрын
Beeing a KZitemr myself I can only imagine how much work and research went into this video. I watched it from start to finish and I really learned a lot.I am a German myself and I send you many greetings from Germany ❤❤.
@richs6205
Жыл бұрын
Excellent history lesson and presented so nicely by you and your two guests. The filming and editing were superb.
@evanatkinson8804
Жыл бұрын
As a DC area resident, I loved this episode. It belongs on PBS. I have PA Dutch heritage on my mother's side, so I enjoyed your videos on PA Dutch German language. Oh, my wife is from Switzerland, so i also enjoyed your video on Swiss German as well. I guess all these reasons are why i enjoy your channel 😂. Keep up the excellent work! I would love to see another history lesson video on Philadelphia and eastern PA/NJ.
@LannyBenny
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Very informative. I would love to see you do something similar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is a very German city.
@pteronadon
Жыл бұрын
Vielen danke für einen schoen historische video. Ich hoffe ich habe alles richtig schrieben. I am not american nor german, but portuguese, pretty passionate about History and foreign languages and it's a pleasure watching your channel. It's amazing to discover all these stories and facts, and to understand how german people had such a huge influence in the USA, it's just sad that so much was lost along the way with all the nonsense after WW I...
@JM-by9lm
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos - thank you! You mentioned that the sculpture at the National Archives was done by Adolph Weinman. Although most people probably aren’t familiar with Weinman’s name, many would instantly recognize his most famous works: he designed two of the most beautiful and iconic US coins, the Mercury dime and Walking Liberty half dollar, produced from 1916 to the 1940s. The Walking Liberty motif is still used on the American Eagle silver bullion coin. Another German immigrant, Felix Schlag, designed the Jefferson nickel.
@franklopez181
Жыл бұрын
This is fantastic! It's very well made and researched and the work put into it must have been extensive! Feli, you did a wonderful job on this!
@neospoilershow2708
Жыл бұрын
All of my fathers family is of German Descent, and my last name is angolized. My mothers grandma grew up in a German household in North Dakota(Her parents were Black Sea German, and immigrated to the states in 1905/1902 because of what was happening to fellow Germans, they went to the Russian Empire in 1815 from Baden Württemberg). I consider myself German and not apart of the “Old County”(Russian Empire). And my friends exchange student is from Germany. Merry Christmas from a Suburb of Columbus Ohio!
@uliwehner
Жыл бұрын
translated your handle into german, just for giggles, NeuSpoilerSchau :)
@neospoilershow2708
Жыл бұрын
@@uliwehner danke! For some reason this is the first time I am seeing this, sorry
@jensschroder8214
Жыл бұрын
20:22 In Germany, NRW, Siegen, the Buzz-Aldrin-Platz was recently inaugurated. Buzz emigrated from Siegerland and became an astronaut at NASA. Many of his relatives named Fischbach and Richter live here in Siegerland.
@schoppi9300
Жыл бұрын
One half of Neil Armstrong's family also comes from Germany. From what is now the German state of Lower Saxony.
@davidsteiner3221
5 ай бұрын
Neal Armstrong was also German for the most part (mother: née Engel, father: König Armstrong)
@jonasrmb01
5 ай бұрын
What a shame these puppets get statues now here
@roneichstaedt8853
Жыл бұрын
Seriously, Feli- Thank you! While I have always been proud of my German heritage and knew some of the history (for example, I've known many family St. Nicholas Night and Christmas traditions came from Germany), it is only after coming across your videos a couple of years ago that I really got serious about it. Obviously I've been entertained by your postings, but these more serious cultural pieces have been very important. I've recently been tracing family history, which is difficult when it comes to where exactly someone was from, since places had similar names and of course "Germany" itself did not yet exist. I've found that my G-G-Grandfather came over to Milwaukee in 1861, but I've had trouble finding his father's birthplace (around 1832). This fall my Dad beat his second different cancer. Because of all the challenges various family members have fought through, I've had shirts made for everyone this Christmas saying "Eichstädt Unverwüstlich": an older spelling of our name, and the German word for 'resilient' or 'unbreakable' (I hope). And thanks to one of your earlier postings, I know exactly how to pronounce the "v" and "w" 🙂 Again, thank you for making me more German. Fröhliche Weihnachten!
@roneichstaedt8853
Жыл бұрын
@felifromgermany- just downloaded Telegram. What is your contact info--or what do you need from me?
@saba1030
Жыл бұрын
@Ron Eichstätt Your translation of "unverwüstlich" are both correct !! Greetings from Germany and a happy New Year 😉 Add on: could it be, that your g-g-g-grandfather was born (about 1832) in Germany? There is the "Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven/immigration house/Museum Bremerhaven", where all of the about 7,5 million immigrants, which left the European Continent, are registered. Good luck with that !!
@charlesgrant-skiba5474
Жыл бұрын
"Fun fact". The first printed Bible in the Western Hemisphere was also in German (Christoph Saur - 1743). English-language Bibles (and not only) were imported from Europe. However, because the Germans were the core of the first printing houses in the USA (they had the know-how and equipment), they decided to print in German (probably imitating the printing of the Gutenberg Bible in 1454). At the time it was an event of historic importance, today it is completely forgotten, although it was an significant part of US history. Greetings to Feli from Australia.
@jenniferf1518
Жыл бұрын
This is a great video! Very informative about the German presence in DC. Love the cinematography!
@richard7crowley
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great video. I learned a lot from it. In addition to the great content and research, I was especially impressed by the great production values, especially lighting and audio coverage and synch. Your channel is a model of how to do it right. 🙂
@cubanmop
Жыл бұрын
This was great! If you ever look into doing a similar one for New York, be sure to read about the General Slocum disaster. It helped to wipe out Manhattan’s Little Germany neighborhood prior to WWI. My great grandfather was on board with his mother and baby sister. He survived, but they did not.
@bedminstereric
Жыл бұрын
Feli, you should visit Germantown (part of Philly) and Valley Forge. Several of the signs in Valley Forge are in both English and German. Also, the Reading Liendenkranz is a short drive away. Many think they have the best Octoberfest in the USA.
@danielweintraub270
Жыл бұрын
As a native Washingtonian, I found this video fascinating! Danke Feli!
@itsmewende
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas to all of you and yours. I love this. As I come from Germans myself, some names here I've heard mentioned in my family. I'm only 90 mins from DC, I see a history day trip in my not so distant future, not to mention German Market. Thank you for putting all this info together.
@mattguey-lee4845
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video on Washington DC. I definitely remember hearing the church bell from the church you visited when I was at my Grandmothers house in the 80s and 90s.
@daviddietz5045
Жыл бұрын
Excellent work, very well done. Love this topic from you, I have learned so much. Photos and videography simply amazing!
@noncounterproductive4596
Жыл бұрын
Twenty years ago my girlfriend and I drove through Nebraska and Missouri looking for people who still spoke German. In Eustis, Nebraska we saw that the city hall and public library still had signs in German. When we were looking at this a local asked what we were seeking, and she took us to the home of a very elderly woman named Ruth Kugel (surely deceased by now) who had lived through the First World War. She told us about the oppression of Germans during that war. Even telephone conversations were interrupted by the telephone operator if German was spoken. After the war, she told us, there was a backlash, and the English-speakers who had done this could not stay in Eustis, which became a German town. It's still full of ethnic Germans but they don't speak German now.
@Paul_Wetor
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and well-researched, so I dug out my grandmother's wedding "document" (a fancy large holy-card style picture in a frame). My grandfather's name is listed as Franz, though he was known as Frank. The text portion is in German, dated 1911 (this was in rural Wisconsin). And that book burning photo was from Baraboo, Wisconsin, which is not too far from here (Milwaukee).
@Rod-Wheeler
Жыл бұрын
Very well produced and presented. Thank you!
@mariocobos3083
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for Your videos was relly amazing for me grettings from colombia
@chefandmusician9170
Жыл бұрын
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@alejandrorodriguez4189
Жыл бұрын
Amazing facts I didn’t know about and love how detailed and well thought out this is ❤ keep up this amazing work and hopefully find more interesting facts , happy holidays ✨🙂
@PercyPinguin
Жыл бұрын
Sehr unterhaltsam und informativ. Hab's mir tatsächlich gerade noch ein zweites Mal angesehen.
@user-David-Alan
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Feli. That was so interesting. So many facts I didn't know about the German heritage in the US. I hope sometime you can do a video about Pennsylvania German heritage. Where I grew up in PA. half the people had a German background. Stay well and Happy New Year.
@ronaldtyrl714
Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this video very much Feli! Thank you for doing this and I would really enjoy a review of our National Parks: Yellowstone, Yosemite, etc and the German American contributions to making these natural treasures happen.
@steflassteflas3795
Жыл бұрын
Tolles Video. Nach 5 Jahren in DC habe ich selber noch was gelernt. Danke!
@TheGoodmusic2011
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great video. I'm proud to hear that the guy who did the frescoes in the capital building came from the same state that my great-grandfather came.
@leonb2637
Жыл бұрын
I think Feli knows more about American History than many Americans do. I wonder if there was much of a Jewish-German settlement in DC, especially in the late 1800's ?
@jrutt2675
Жыл бұрын
Probably. Wherever the Jewish Germans were the German Christians also were. Jews in the U.S. mixed more with German Americans than any other ethnicities. Living in Pennsylvania I can tell you that Pennsylvania may have the highest number of assimilated Jews in the country and even the world perhaps. In New York and New Jersey they kept to their own communities. In PA there was a lot of mingling!
@billulle5448
Жыл бұрын
Yes, there were many German Jewish families in Washington. There are at least two temples still standing in downtown. As well as the old department stores owned by Hecht and Garfinkel families.
@schoppi9300
Жыл бұрын
A good video Feli it's like a small documentary. What the historian said in the church is interesting and describes very well where the interests of the German-Americans lay and how they built their lives in the new world. So many artists, scientists and especially entrepreneurs. Years ago I saw a documentary about the gold rush in America and while most of the gold seekers from all over the world went to dig, many Germans did what they do best, opened a business or offered their services (profession). And now guess where all the gold ended up ;-). Merry Christmas
@rogermoyer9054
Жыл бұрын
Hi Feli, fantastic video. I lived and worked in DC for more than 20 years, and I knew most of this, except for the Friendship Garden! I am familiar with the heritage foundation and the museum, as I worked for the American Association of Museums for a long time. It is good to spread the word about German influences on the USA. On a personal note, my heritage is half English and half German (Mayer and Bruns families.) Now I have returned to the homeland and live in Rhineland Palatinate, where I teach English. And try to understand Pfälzisch. 😆
@kecleonboi
Жыл бұрын
Working with the German embassy?!!! Congrats! Very exciting !
@garyxyz4400
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Feli. Really enjoyed the video as a German-American and huge fan of Washington DC spending yearly vacations there to enjoy its vast history. I learned a lot and will find new parts to visit.
@bernadinegallenstein5394
Жыл бұрын
Nicely done, Feli! It was awesome to meet you at Home Depot!
@FelifromGermany
Жыл бұрын
Oh hey yes it was nice meeting you too! :)
@anthonyfuqua6988
Жыл бұрын
@@FelifromGermany An American of German descent through 3 of his 4 grandparents was Donald Trump. Please take him back!!!!! His great grandfather moved here to evade the draft in the state of Germany he left. Just like Donald in the 1960's
@Gwarosaur
Жыл бұрын
Loved this. Would watch more of this kind of content. Very well done.
@YT_changed_my_handle
Жыл бұрын
I freaking loved this vid!!! So nice to see you out of the studio and as a full person and not just an upper torso. That's not meant in a pervy way, just that seeing you out and walking and interacting makes it much more relatable as a person as opposed to a teacher if that makes sense. Really hope you can do more of these and perhaps make it down here to Texas and take a trip through the hill country towns built by Germans. You'll love it...I promise!!!!
@FelifromGermany
Жыл бұрын
Haha glad you liked it! :) You should check out all of the video in my "Vlog" Playlist! From this year there should be at least 3 other videos that I filmed outside of the studio!
@YT_changed_my_handle
Жыл бұрын
@@FelifromGermany Awesome!! I usually watch from my TV and never even saw those. Logged on with my phone just to comment and now I see even more I missed just using the TV app!!! Keep up the great work👍🏻
@billulle5448
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed your video. I descend from German families who settled in Washington D.C. Very proud of my heritage. My 3rd great grand parents were the first couple to be married from the first Lutheran church in Washington, Concordia at 20th and G St. N.W. in 1832. They lived across the Street from the Capitol where the Library of Congress stands today. Their son served in the Union army to protect Washington and owned a bakery. Their daughter owned a dairy and the building still stands at 403 East Capitol St. and their last daughter married my great great grandfather in 1852 and Settled outside of Washington in Beltsville Md. and were farmers and blacksmiths. There were 3 German areas in the early days. One around Concordia, most downtown where the Catholic, Jewish and protestant German families lived and Capitol Hill. John Philip Sousa, the March King and a family friend was baptized at Concordia in 1854. Members of the Congregation donated money to build the Washington monument. Others were at Ford's theater when Lincoln was shot. My family had their child baptized in Washington the day Lincoln was lying in State at the Capitol. The German choir paid their respects and sang around his coffin. Mr. Petersen sadly committed suicide and is buried at Prospect Hill cemetery where many German immigrants are buried including many from my family.
@Sam62254
Жыл бұрын
Well done, Feli! So many things I did not know about! I had no idea there were war-related internment camps for German-Americans, and even deportations of German-American citizens. Just like the Japanese camps, slavery, treatment of Native Americans, and Jim Crow, this is another horrible chapter in our history. Two of my grandparents were of 100% German heritage, so I'm about 50% German, I suppose.
@Ericwest1000
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this valuable history lesson, Feli! My grandparents left Westphalia in the mid-1920s and headed straight to California where I am now. They would have loved your program and felt very proud... as do I!
@AdZS848
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video, Feli!! I learned a lot. This is TV quality! Well done!!!
@yallahyallah4220
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations Feli, what a well put together video and opportunity to work together with the German-American Heritage Foundation. I hope you also get the opportunity to cover the Turner movement's influence on the american school and physical education system, when the Turnvater Jahn Bewegung swept over from the german nations after the failed 1848 revolution. As far as i know its traces can still be found on buildings all across the US, especially the Turner.Cross.
@PalmyraSchwarz
Жыл бұрын
That's full-fledged journalistic reporting. Feel free to do more.
@mattyk2676
Жыл бұрын
Feli, thank you so much for sharing this with us. Your videos have inspired me to learn about my German great-grandparents. ❤
@khecke
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the info about Germans in Washington DC. - I did not know any of this, even though I live already 65 years in America.
@ingwer55
Жыл бұрын
Eine tolle Doku ist euch da gelungen., ob Thema, Bild oder Ton, alles sehr professionell. Was mich am meisten überrascht hat- du kannst ja in Ruhe zuhören 😂😂!
@FelifromGermany
Жыл бұрын
Danke für das Anti-Kompliment...?! Kann man sich sparen
@richardburke6902
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Feli. I learned so much, and was touched by so many details which you brought to light that I never knew before. I really love the direction your KZitem channel is going.
@johnmalott9542
3 ай бұрын
Feli, I learned so much!! Thank you. I live in Washington DC and I'm one of those many Americans with German ancestry -- but this was amazing. I learned so many fascinating things !!
@say_whuat
Жыл бұрын
Grüße aus Karlsruhe (bzw. aus der Nähe davon), das mit dem Grundriss wurde uns damals in der Grundschule schon beigebracht. Darauf sind wir in der Region immer noch ein Stück stolz drauf :D
@jlr43100
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't stop watching. Well done. Great video. Merry christmas
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