August/September 1996
FEATURES
THE PORT OF HAMBURG: GATEWAY TO THE NORTH p. 8
Harbor your sails in this truly "free" city.
By Carol Godwin
HANNOVER FAMILY SWIMS FOR A SECOND OLYMPIC BERTH p. 24
Race with one of Germany's most promising swimmers
By Stephen V. Hoyt
RETHINKING EDUCATION: CAN GERMAN-STYLE "DUAL" VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROVIDE THE ANSWERS FOR THE UNITED STATES? p. 26
By Andrea Schulte-Peevers
MÜNSTERLAND: A LAND OF MOATED CASTLES p. 32
Visit the watery splendor of centuries past
By John Dornberg
THE LEGACY OF SOVIET TROOPS IN GERMANY p. 38
By Regine Wosnitza
WHEN DAD GOES OFF TO MAKE PEACE: HOW U.S. ARMY FAMILIES COPE IN HESSE p. 42
By Jörg Schindler
AMERICAN PLANNING FOR POST-WORLD WAR II GERMANY p. 44
By Robert A. Selig
GERMAN-AMERICAN
GERMAN HERITAGE IN TEXAS ROLLING HILLS p. 48
Sojourn with immigrants to the towns of New Braunfels and Fredericksburg
By Christa Pandey
YESTERYEARS p. 52
By James Crutchfield
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL p. 4
LETTERS p. 6
IN BRIEF p. 8
America, Finally Sold; Back to Being German; A Fair Business, Turks at the Top; American Friends of Dresden; and Banter
Box by Ian McMaster
PROFILE p. 12
To Soar Like an Eagle: Aviator Max Collin
By Frank Joseph
GALLERY p. 14
German Classics Ride High
By Jerry McDermott
ENCOUNTERS p. 16
When the Kids Go "Bomben" and Taggen"--The Graffitti Wave Engulfs Germany
By Robert Thornhill
AT HOME
p. 56
The Leonberger, Swabian Superdog
By Dennis Burnside
LIBRARY p. 58
Reviews of German Bohemians. The Quiet Immigrants; Sowieso. A German
Course for Young People; Richard Wagner and the Anti-Semitic Imagination; and The Knowledge of Childhood in the German Middle Ages 1100-1350.
CALENDAR p. 60
AND FINALLY... p. 64
German Media Break a Taboo, But...
By John Dornberg
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